• Decq@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    In the end everything that is storage can also be used as memory. You could print it to paper and scan it back in when the cpu requires it (and write a memory interface to do so)… It would just be terribly slow if you don’t use something like DRAM

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      4 days ago

      Sure but that’s the opposite of what was mentioned.

      Storage can be memory.

      Memory cannot be storage.

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        4 days ago

        You can use a ramdisk to use memory as storage. And if it’s volatile memory just be sure to never power it down. Ignoring the applicability of it of course.