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Mag Computer: A Mag History of RAM (1960–2025)
24 Jul 2026
Mag Computer: A Mag History of RAM (1960–2025)
What happened
- The Recurse Center is a sponsor of this episode.
- The Recurse Center is a retreat for programmers interested in computing and computing technology.
- Saul attended the Recurse Center program in 2017.
- Moore's Law was initially specified in 1965.
- Moore's Law was revised in 1975 to a doubling time of every two years.
- Moore's Law held true for approximately 40 years.
- The Recurse Center program duration is between six to twelve weeks.
- An 8051 microcontroller used in 1986 at AT&T had 128 bytes of RAM.
- A Recurser worked for AT&T programming firmware in 1986.
- A Recurser attended college in 1997 as a computer science major.
- An Apple II had 32 or 64 kilobytes of RAM.
- An iPhone has a gigabyte to 12 gigabytes of RAM.
Numbers
- Moore's Law held true for approximately 40 years. (40)
- The Recurse Center program duration is between six to twelve weeks. (6-12)
- An 8051 microcontroller used in 1986 at AT&T had 128 bytes of RAM. (128)
- An Apple II had 32 or 64 kilobytes of RAM. (32-64)
- An iPhone has a gigabyte to 12 gigabytes of RAM. (1-12)
Why founders should care
- May indicate faster shipping cycles for teams adopting the new tools.