RAM. There is no typical speed for RAM. There is doubly-so no typical ratio of speed of SD card vs. speed of RAM.
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:16 AM, bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> wrote: > Maybe this is an easy question, but I'm not quite sure. > > Which is faster to read from on an Android tablet? RAM or the SD Card? > > I'm guessing probably RAM, but I'm having a hard time figuring out the > typical read speed from RAM. I'm guessing typical RAM in an Android tablet > is maybe 500 MHz. So I'm guessing you can read maybe 500 megabytes per > second? > > I have measured the read speed from my Galaxy Tab's SD card, and it is > about 20 megabytes per second. So, I'm guessing reading from RAM is about > 25 times faster? (at least on my Galaxy Tab) > > Does this sound about right? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
