• Decq@lemmy.world
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      In the end everything that is storage can also be used as memory. You could print it to paper and scan it back in when the cpu requires it (and write a memory interface to do so)… It would just be terribly slow if you don’t use something like DRAM

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        Sure but that’s the opposite of what was mentioned.

        Storage can be memory.

        Memory cannot be storage.

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          You can use a ramdisk to use memory as storage. And if it’s volatile memory just be sure to never power it down. Ignoring the applicability of it of course.