Memory Usage

[DeborahD95197]

Why do AARP use so much memory, sometimes up to 85% of the CPU?

[DirkB349973]

@DeborahD95197 

You mentioned "memory" and then "85% of the CPU". To me, those are different things. Can you post a picture of what you are seeing that indicates 85% use?

[Winter2025VA]

[10/13/24] Dirk @DirkB349973 , what is the "difference" between memory and CPU?

Thanks, Nicole

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[*** DIRK wrote: You mentioned "memory" and then "85% of the CPU". To me, those are different things. Can you post a picture of what you are seeing that indicates 85% use? ***]

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[DirkB349973]

The CPU is the main processor chip. In the 80s, personal computer CPUs typically had one core. Today, they can have many cores to share the processing load.

RAM is Random Access Memory and these are typically the memory chips in your PC. Modern PCs frequently have 8 or 16 Gigabytes, with some having more and some less.

The storage for the operating system (e.g., Windows) and the software you download is typically a mechanical harddrive or an SSD (a harddrive composed of memory chips with an interface that makes the memory behave like a harddrive), or a combination of the two. My desktop has a 256 GB SSD for Windows and a 1 TB mechanical harddrive. There are much larger versions of these storage devices available today. SSDs typically provide much faster access than mechanical harddrives, so storing the operating system on an SSD may allow the PC to boot up in a matter of seconds.

[Winter2025VA]

[10/13/24] Thanks Dirk @DirkB349973 . Nicole

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[*** DIRK wrote: The CPU is the main processor chip. In the 80s, personal computer CPUs typically had one core. Today, they can have many cores to share the processing load.

RAM is Random Access Memory and these are typically the memory chips in your PC. Modern PCs frequently have 8 or 16 Gigabytes, with some having more and some less.

The storage for the operating system (e.g., Windows) and the software you download is typically a mechanical harddrive or an SSD (a harddrive composed of memory chips with an interface that makes the memory behave like a harddrive), or a combination of the two. My desktop has a 256 GB SSD for Windows and a 1 TB mechanical harddrive. There are much larger versions of these storage devices available today. SSDs typically provide much faster access than mechanical harddrives, so storing the operating system on an SSD may allow the PC to boot up in a matter of seconds. ***]

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