Thread: Kindle doesn't have enough memory??
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Old 06-19-2012, 10:39 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
Unless we have an English translation problem, computer "memory" and "storage" are EXACTLY the same thing. The two types of "memory storage" used in the kindles just happen to use different technology: one is faster, and the other is nonvolatile. The latest generations of flash memory are so fast that computers will only have one kind of memory storage in the future, with no artificial separation between fast memory and nonvolatile memory like we use now. They will just have a LOT of fast nonvolatile memory.
True, though there will most likely always remain a separation of transient vs. persistent data. It just so happens that the transient data is currently stored in the faster system RAM and the persistent data is stored on slower magnetic or flash media, but the separation is still important lest you be unable to "reboot" to clear out any state issues, to start over with a clean slate, which is often necessary due to logic bugs in software.
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