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Timeline for Use SSD as RAM?

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Nov 3, 2019 at 7:34 comment added Vassilis Papanikolaou ReadyBoost on Windows doesn’t work as RAM, see Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost . In summary: ReadyBoost is a disk caching solution to speed up slower disks. Typically this involves copying data from spinning disks to flash drives to reduce data access times.
Oct 26, 2018 at 18:55 comment added rhymsy What about when Windows (Ready Boost) allows you to use Flash Drives as extra RAM, could that work? Or is it like trying to add SWAP which won't make the difference hoped for in performance?
May 28, 2013 at 19:08 history edited Vassilis Papanikolaou CC BY-SA 3.0
Changed analogy example.
May 28, 2013 at 18:59 history answered Vassilis Papanikolaou CC BY-SA 3.0