[SOLVED] What analogy can you use for why RAM doesn't have cores like processors?

[jlin0821]

Is it cause of needing to be in sync or difficultly in execution? What if you had different levels of RAM and the CPU can sync easier with those instead like CPU cache?

 

[rgd1101]

cpu is for logic

 

[hotaru.hino]

If we define a core of a processor as the most basic unit the processor must have to still operate, then RAM does have something like that. Most RAM modules are made up of multiple memory chips and the number isn't always the same. Some can have 4, some can have 8, and some can have 16. Those share the load with storing data. If we expand this out further, the memory system in modern computers typically have multiple memory channels. You can still operate in a single channel, but for higher performance, multiple channels should be used.

Now if we're talking about RAM modules or pools of memory doing independent things, that too can be achieved. It's just not done so in practice because it doesn't add any real benefit.

 

[Wolfshadw]

RAM stores data.
CPU acts on data.

-Wolf sends