Since last year, we are seeing new technology in smartphones and that is called Virtual RAM. Smartphone brands started the technique (I am not saying the name of the brand) and after that, one by one every smartphone brand came with the same technique with different names called the dynamic RAM, expandable RAM, and many more. It is actually taken from the world of PC and the Linux users will be more familiar with the concept. So let’s discuss Virtual RAM and this is also a starting of a brand new series on TechnoBugg dubbed ‘Akhil Explains and this series will explain the latest technology every week. So let’s get into the article to check out everything about Virtual RAM.
What is Virtual RAM?
Before we start understanding the Virtual RAM technique, it is important to know about the RAM which is available on your smartphone or tablet. RAM is faster than any type of storage and when you open an application on your device, the same will be called a process and this process will be stored on a physical RAM in the background and the same will enable you to load applications in a flash without a delay. However, due to the increasing size of applications sometimes your device may face a lag or delay to open a particular application, and to solve this kind of problem, the smartphone industry introduced Virtual RAM, the same is powered by the internal storage of your device.
In simple, it is actually a feature that will take a part of the internal storage of your smartphone and convert it into additional RAM to make things faster. Being it is a Virtual RAM, there will be no physical hardware will be visible and it is actually an attempt by the smartphone brands Via software to overcome the hardware problem.
How does it work?
Now let’s check out how the feature actually works, let’s say you have 15 applications installed and opened on your smartphone or tablet and there is no more space is available on your actual RAM which is provided by the system and this situation will close all the applications which are not running in the background or the same is not performing any dynamic activities in the background of your system. To tackle this kind of problem, the smartphone industry has introduced Virtual RAM. It is capable to manage all the apps which do not have any dynamic functions in the background and the technique will keep those apps in the memory for a long time.
Having said that, the applications like a calculator which does not require many dynamic tasks in the background will be moved to the virtual memory. We know that the internal storage is slower than the RAM and that’s why the Android system will not move heavy applications and games to virtual memory and the same will be available on the actual memory and you will get the best performance at the end.
It is worth mentioning that the Virtual RAM will only work when the physical RAM is running out its capacity.
Can Virtual RAM be offered via OTA update?
Yes, smartphone brands can offer Virtual RAM via a software update. But it is not that easy and it may require lots of testing and optimization.
Conclusion
So Virtual RAM is actually pretty good and the same will provide a better performance as well but the technique is not new in the tech world and the brands are actually using the technique as a marketing tool.
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