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Feb 12, 2017 at 13:25 answer added inf3rno timeline score: 1
Nov 23, 2012 at 23:48 comment added David Schwartz Short answer: no. Latency is almost never as important as transfer speed. You may wait a tiny bit longer until you get the first bit of data, but you'll more than make it up by getting the last bit sooner. (You are wrong about random access. At this level, RAM cannot be accessed randomly. You can only read chunks.)
Feb 15, 2012 at 22:21 answer added Bigbio2002 timeline score: 2
Sep 17, 2009 at 20:03 answer added Racter timeline score: 1
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Sep 10, 2009 at 6:08 comment added alex Short answer: yes, latency has a big impact on RAM performance :)
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