The first RAM integrated circuits became available in 1972 at 1 cent per bit, quickly making magnetic core memory obsolete.
第一个 RAM 集成电路于 1972 年以每位 1 美分的价格面世,很快就使磁芯存储器过时了。
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However, delay line memory was largely obsolete by the mid 1950s, surpassed in performance, reliability and cost by a new kid on the block: magnetic core memory which was constructed out of little magnetic donuts, called cores.