Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream...

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 06:21:12PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> I cannot disagree with the obvious trend to date, but rather than argue the 
> many reasons why ram prices are artificially high right now, instead just 
> grab a stick of ram in your left hand, and the heavy lump of precision 
> engineered metal that is a hard drive in your right, and see if you can 
> convince yourself that the one on the right will still be ahead of the curve 
> in another 14 years.

A metal case with a small circuit board, and some magnetic splattered
(very precisly) on a disk doesn't seem like as much work as trying to
fit over 10^12 transistors onto dies fitting in the same space.  Making
waffers for memory isn't free, and higher densities take work to
develop.  I am not sure what the current density for ram if in terms of
bits per area.  I am sure it is a lot less than what a harddisk managed
with magnetic material.  I am amazed either one works.

> Maybe it will. Drop me a mail in 2020 and I'll shout you dinner if you're 
> right ;)

We will see. :)

Len Sorensen