core memory
noun
,
Computers.
1.
former term for
main memory
, which was composed of ring-shaped magnets called cores.
Origin
1960-65
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core memory
For memory bound applications, only using a single core on each socket will result in the highest per
core memory
bandwidth.
Multilayered printed circuits were developed and
core memory
was replaced by faster, solid state memories.
We define a file to be of moderate size if it can comfortably fit into
core memory
.
Internally the computer central processor looks to
core memory
for its stored data.
Computer storage requirements for large-scale systems are relatively small so that slow
core memory
is not needed.