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I once speculated to a friend about 15 years ago that eventually solid state storage space would be so fast that it could serve as active memory. I can't wait to tell him.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

I would appreciate confirmation that chip manufacturers understand humans do not typically require this

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

I rarely hibernate my laptop for more than 10 years

[-] erezac@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah, only once in a decade or so.

[-] nrezcm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Out of an average century of use I find mine hibernates only about %10 of the time.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Honestly the time you can put your laptop to sleep is the least interesting part, but it's hard the explain the other benefits to regular users

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I kind of assumed there must be some other motive at play here, sounds like it was something a tech writer was just fumbling.

[-] irdc@derp.foo 5 points 1 year ago

Such retention times are often probabilistic (ie. some percentage of bits have retained their proper value) and an "up to" value, which is negatively influenced by such things as the storage temperature and background radiation.

In practice, it might be that the only useful retention time is only a small digit number of years.

[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Speak for yourself, fellow human. When I go into deep sleep mode, sometimes I forget to set auto wake routine and wake up years later.

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