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If computer RAM was to be non volatile like other persistent storages, then there would be no such thing as bootupboot up time. Then why is it not feasible to have a non volatile ramRAM module? Thank you.

If computer RAM was to be non volatile like other persistent storages, then there would be no such thing as bootup time. Then why is it not feasible to have a non volatile ram module? Thank you.

If computer RAM was to be non volatile like other persistent storages, then there would be no such thing as boot up time. Then why is it not feasible to have a non volatile RAM module?

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Why does RAM have to be volatile?

If computer RAM was to be non volatile like other persistent storages, then there would be no such thing as bootup time. Then why is it not feasible to have a non volatile ram module? Thank you.