Answer by Peter Cordes for Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
In this context (budget consumer gear), Optane is pretty clearly just referring to a small/fast NVMe-connected SSD using 3D XPoint memory (instead of NAND flash), giving it a very high write endurance....
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I recently purchased, but haven't yet received, a laptop which has 4 GB of standard RAM, and 16 GB of Intel Optane memory. The laptop was marketed as having 20 GB of memoryIf this is true, you should...
View ArticleAnswer by iBug for Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
Others have covered many aspects of this very well and I think you already know that Intel Optane is in no way comparable to RAM.In a Von Neumann architecture, "RAM" refers to the primary storage in a...
View ArticleAnswer by sm9sn1 for Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
The other answers cover the gist of the situation but I'd like to add some context.For a long time, RAM has been often called 'memory' in laptops targeted at the layperson. This is usually helpful and...
View ArticleAnswer by rpi-noob for Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
Only 4 GB? I hate to break it to you, but to the full extent of my knowledge (which isn't much) Intel Optane is not like memory aka RAM; it's like an SSD that takes the applications you use most and...
View ArticleAnswer by harrymc for Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
Intel Optane "memory" is a misnomer. It is just a cache memory card that can turna simple hard disk into a hybrid disk, by adding a RAM cache that can work at thespeed of an SSD disk.Optane memory...
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Can Intel Optane memory compensate for less RAM?
I currently have a laptop that is about two years old, and has 8 GB of RAM. I use my laptop for internet browsing, productivity applications, and programming, including data science within Spyder or...
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