Comment on Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough
jas0n@lemmy.world 2 months agoJust wanted to point out that the number 1 performance blocker in the CPU is memory. In the general case, if you’re wasting memory, you’re wasting CPU.
Comment on Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough
jas0n@lemmy.world 2 months agoJust wanted to point out that the number 1 performance blocker in the CPU is memory. In the general case, if you’re wasting memory, you’re wasting CPU.
Aux@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, that’s the other way round. You either have high CPU load and low memory, or low CPU load and high memory.
jas0n@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not sure what metric you’re using to determine this. The bottom line is, if you’re trying to get the CPU to really fly, using memory efficiently is just as important (if not more) than the actual instructions you send to it. The reason for this is the high latency required to go out to external memory. This is performance 101.