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Apple introduces M4 chip
Not, probably, that just how any "modern" OS works. It also uses RAM as a cache to avoid reads from storage, just like any other modern OS.
Apple uses it for segmentation and nothing else.
Modern being - since the 80s.
tomxor
on May 7, 2024
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Even on the Atari ST you would use a "RAM disk" when working with "large" data before manually flushing it to a floppy. Some people would use the trashcan icon to emphasise the need to manually flush... Not quite a cache, but the concept was there.
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Apple uses it for segmentation and nothing else.
Modern being - since the 80s.