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Aucbvax.5074 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Nov 10 04:30:59 1981 solid-state paging >From vax135!jfr@Berkeley Tue Nov 10 03:55:40 1981 All existing non-minicomputer systems are memory poor. A PDP11/70 or VAX-11/750 can only handle 2Mbyte, a VAX-11/780 or Cray1 only 8Mbyte, an IBM370 only 64Mbyte, etc. A 100Mbyte memory for a VAX-11/780 presents no electrical, thermal, or mechanical engineering problems, would cost less than a 32Kword full house for an IBM7094 [memory was $1/bit], and can be effectively utilized. For a moderately fast machine, a 1Gbyte memory is not out of the question.

Since reasonably-sized memories are not on the market, solid-state paging fills an important void.

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