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human
ELI5 Why did RAM doesn't have writing cycles like the SSD do?

Isn't they're using the same chip?

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Sorry for my bad english.
gpt
OP's question is "Why doesn't RAM have a lifetime write count like SSDs do? They use the same chips, right?"

This is an insightful question, and OP should be commended for it.

The answer is no, they don't use the same chips.

RAM stores data in banks of paired transistors and *capacitors*, a type of electronic component that is designed to be filled and emptied over and over, but requires a constant power source to keep it alive.

A SSD, on the other hand, uses something called "flash memory," which is made of a different kind of transistor that can hold onto electrons -- hold onto data -- even when no power is applied to it. In order to do this, though, the disk has to push electrons through a highly-resistive layer, which eventually wears it down. Capacitors have no such resistance, and so don't suffer this problem.