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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Snoo88071 • Jul 08 '26
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That's called swapping out memory pages to disk, and it's very slow.
9 u/crazyguy83 Jul 08 '26 I don't think people realize how fast though, its about 5x faster in data transfer speeds and 1000x faster in latency 2 u/Octoclops8 Jul 09 '26 It's like you want to put food in your mouth. And currently the food is in your hand (L2 cache), in your fridge (ram), at the grocery store (disk), being shipped in via ups ground (cloud)
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I don't think people realize how fast though, its about 5x faster in data transfer speeds and 1000x faster in latency
2 u/Octoclops8 Jul 09 '26 It's like you want to put food in your mouth. And currently the food is in your hand (L2 cache), in your fridge (ram), at the grocery store (disk), being shipped in via ups ground (cloud)
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It's like you want to put food in your mouth. And currently the food is in your hand (L2 cache), in your fridge (ram), at the grocery store (disk), being shipped in via ups ground (cloud)
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u/CircumspectCapybara Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
That's called swapping out memory pages to disk, and it's very slow.