Do you think that one day, the hardisk can be fast enough to replace the memory ram? So that?

Question

only a very small amount ram is required and the computer tasks are all using physical memory by hardisk. Nowaday, the hardisk is running at high speed SATA3.

Answer 1

RAM - Random Access Memory, the computer store data that frequently accessed from hardisk into RAM so that the program will run faster without having read the hardisk over and over again when running the program. The data inside RAM will be erased when you off your PC.

Hardisk --> RAM ---> Processor ( because now RAM is faster than hardisk)

But, like you said, when the hardisk is fast enough then the processor can direct access to hardisk instead of going thru RAM.

So it is possible that the RAM will be neccessary for running huge program data, the processor can excess the hardisk with no slow down in performance.

So, that's why the hardware manufacturer trying to increase the speed of hardisk.

Answer 2

Nope, there are quite a few components right here to think approximately. First the bus can basically handle plenty archives at a time. 2nd the extra usually you're getting access to the guidance the slower it is going, keep in mind that annoying stress can basically get right of entry to a minimum of one sector at a time, 2 at maximum. 3 it rather is a study/write circulate fee and is no longer meant a digital ram and is all theoretical. the only drives that have even reached those theoretical speeds are Intel's Silicon Photonics, and those at the instant are not discs in any respect, so those might desire to doubtlessly replace ram yet i think the expenses of paying for one among those could be somewhat out of maximum fee tiers.

Answer 3

Good question, I'm not a hardware expert, but I think that technically it's possible. My idea was to replace the current hard drives with something like the memory sticks we use to transfer data, only with super speed.
However, for economic reasons (selling both RAM and hard drives - more money) the memory won't be replaced. And there's an advantage in having them separately, the hard drive can do something else while you access something from the memory.

Answer 4

I think that there will be drives where the speed is as fast as TODAY'S memory, but by that time, RAM will also be much faster. The reason is pretty simple, I think - electrons are always going to be faster than a drive where something has to be physically moved to allow access.

Answer 5

No, you have a huge misconception here. Hard disc is to store data, RAM(Random access memory) that allow the stored data to be accessed in any order. Increase in the speed of Hard Disc (in rpm) will only result in increasing the transfer rate.

Answer 6

Hard disks today already replaced some of the jobs that RAM do.

However, once a 'hard disk' become fast enough to all the jobs of RAM, it would no longer be a hard disk.

Answer 7

I see memory replacing more of what the hard drive does, not the hard drive replacing memory. I see the hard drive gone in the future and everything memory or solid state based.

Answer 8

It will be the other way around. Hard drives will be (already are being) replaced by solid state memory.

Answer 9

NO...harddisks store data phsically while ram does it electronically.

Answer 10

no but there may be a small chance