Comment Re:Bizarre article, interesting device (Score 2, Interesting) 228
The best thing would be a non-forgetting memory card with ca. 60GB of static RAM (which doesn't lose its data when power is cut off).
The computers would host this card (think of flat screens with slots in the side) plus the CPU and the peripherals (monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, modem, whatever). So the bit-storage would be basically separate from the host unit and replaceable while the machine is running.
There would be no need for hard disks anymore. If you'd want new data for a program (create a new document, save it, whatever), all you'd do is malloc() it, no need for files or anything. The static memory would store it all. No file systems, just memory managers (associating "filenames" and "folders" with handles of allocated memory blocks)
The task states would be stored on the memory card, too, so if you'd just remove the card from the computer, all programs would be left as they were, if you'd insert it into other computer, the memory would be automatically appear in the address space of the CPU and all programs would continue where they were left off. (the host would provide the power to drive the bits on the storage :-)
Hope I'll see this happen...
The computers would host this card (think of flat screens with slots in the side) plus the CPU and the peripherals (monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, modem, whatever). So the bit-storage would be basically separate from the host unit and replaceable while the machine is running.
There would be no need for hard disks anymore. If you'd want new data for a program (create a new document, save it, whatever), all you'd do is malloc() it, no need for files or anything. The static memory would store it all. No file systems, just memory managers (associating "filenames" and "folders" with handles of allocated memory blocks)
The task states would be stored on the memory card, too, so if you'd just remove the card from the computer, all programs would be left as they were, if you'd insert it into other computer, the memory would be automatically appear in the address space of the CPU and all programs would continue where they were left off. (the host would provide the power to drive the bits on the storage
Hope I'll see this happen...
