cpu architecture - Is it possible to make CPU work on large persistent storage medium directly without using RAM? -
is possible make cpu work on large persistent storage medium directly without using ram ? fine if performance low here.
you need specify cpu architecture interested, standard architectures (x86, power, arm) assume existence of ram data bus, afraid custom board processors allow use ssd instead of ram.
some numbers comparing ram vs ssd latencies: https://gist.github.com/jboner/2841832
also, ram there reason, "smooth" access bigger storage cpu, have @ image (from https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/2bdnny/dram_vs_pcie_ssd_how_long_before_ram_is_obsolete/)
as side note, possible access persistent storage without cpu involving (although ram still needed), see https://www.techopedia.com/definition/2767/direct-memory-access-dma or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/direct_memory_access

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