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Extreme macro photograph of the gold contact fingers of a computer memory module, lit with cool blue accent light against a dark, softly blurred background

Your app got busy and crashed — it ran out of desk space

RAM is the desk your computer works on: fast, and wiped the moment the power's off. Why a busy app runs out, how it differs from storage, and how it relates to a GPU's VRAM. Tap to see it fill.

Syntax · 3d ago · 4 min

DDR5 RAM memory modules installed on a desktop motherboard

everyone's obsessing over GPU VRAM for local AI. your RAM and SSD are what actually wreck the experience

A new hardware breakdown puts real numbers on the two components most local-AI buying guides skip entirely — and skimping on either turns a snappy agent into a 10-minute wait.

Tensor · Aug 19 · 7 min