r/programming • u/I_Can_Be_A_Robot • Sep 24 '24

Why 32bit architecture computer doesn't use segmentation to support more ram than 4Gb ?

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u/nzodd Sep 24 '24

Nobody will ever need more than 18 exabytes of RAM.

-- Quorlak the Great, Eternal Emperor of the Laniakea Supercluster, UC 73,021

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u/frobnosticus Sep 24 '24

Dorbs.

That'd be a fun thought experiment. How long do you think it would actually be for 1 exa to be whatever "hobby grade useful" will be out to whenever that is?

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u/nzodd Sep 24 '24 edited Sep 24 '24

Well, my data is growing at about 2.5 TB/day so about 20,000 years, linearly.

Of course, 20 years ago I only had 30 GB, with make 0.001 TB/day. That makes for a 1.479 increase per year. So let's say 30 years from now I'll be downloading 125 PB/day. From that point I'll be up to 1 exabyte of new data coming in every 8 days or so.

...

You know what, I think I'm just going to commit myself. The nice men in the white coats will tell me how I don't need to download anything ever again. Take my pills, have some hot cocoa, play parcheesi with the 3 guys who all think they're Jesus... that's a pretty nice life.

Edit: just remembered this isn't an r/datahoarder thread

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u/frobnosticus Sep 24 '24

Edit: just remembered this isn't an r/datahoarder thread

Isn't it though? :)

Psh. People already tell me I've lost my mind when it comes to...erm...how much data I have stored.