Memory: A Computer’s Reason to Live

Computer memory is a vital part of any system, without it the system will not boot up or post. The computer is merely a box of electronics until memory is added to bring it to life. Early computers were infants and the memory requirements were very low for the system to run, as the computer grew up, the memory requirements increased the need for larger and faster memory also increased.

Demand for faster computers to perform major tasks with bloated software influences the demand for more memory which allows memory manufacturers to increase their production of high capacity, high speed memory. The computers of today are obese; they are heavily burdened with over endowed software, and high speed processors that demands large amounts of fast memory to maintain its huge caloric diet.  What is in store for the computers of the future, more of the same? Software programmers are driving the memory market, without their ability to write bigger, increasingly bloated programs that demand more memory will slowly begin to taper off and we will see a lull in the market. Is software the only product that demands more memory? The answer in yes, take software out of the equation and you have a computer that would require a very low amount of memory to run DOS. Add an operating system created by Microsoft and you have increased the need for more memory by 100 times. Install an office program that consists of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint and you have increased the memory requirement by 50 percent more. Memory manufacturers need software programmers, people in general need software. If memory manufacturers stopped making fast, high density memory, software programmers could not continue to create better, bigger, bloated software and we would see less desire or need for memory. Computers are a tool that needs to be upgraded to work more efficiently, and perform to the consumer’s expectations. Memory is that upgrade, it helps the computer to work faster and allow programs to open fast which keeps the consumer happy.

The future of the computer is always changing and the increasing demand for faster systems and more software brings joy to the memory industry. As computer companies continue to churn out more systems with a minimal amount of memory to keep the cost down, the memory industry thrives. The memory industry will continue to grow and thrive in the future all thanks to the ever indulging, overly obese, and never satisfied computer.

Until next time,

Kineo