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Subject: How much memory could Cortana hold?

Being a A.I. (computer) how much memory could she truly hold. I'm currently reading through First Strike, and when Cortana is fighting the Covenant A.I. she complains about her not running at maximum capacity due to all the forerunner knowledge.

I guess my second question would be what would happen if said "hard drive" of Cortana's got full. Would she simply work REALLY slow? or would she start crashing/get a blue screen of death from trying to do too many things?

  • 06.05.2011 10:26 PM PDT

I have every achievement for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach!

300000000 terabytes

  • 06.05.2011 10:28 PM PDT

Considering she had maybe an entire knowledge of a Ring, and still have space, plenty...

  • 06.05.2011 10:38 PM PDT

"Where ere thou hast been, here or in yon world manifest? Canst thou tell what is, or what was, or what is to come? No thing shall last. Yet there are some things that will never change. History is written in blood, yet are battles really lost on the battlefield? Canst thou tell me where thou comest, and where thou goest, and what is, or what was, or what will be? For everything remains, AS IT NEVER WAS."

Possibly as much - if not more - than a human mind. She had all the Forerunner knowledge, and I think when she went rampant she's still sane, but the "limit" broke, allowing her to keep going past 7 years.

  • 06.05.2011 10:55 PM PDT

smart ai live for 7 years. so 7 years worth of constant download.

  • 06.05.2011 10:56 PM PDT

Posted by: boogerman77
smart ai live for 7 years. so 7 years worth of constant download.

So going by what Jackofhearts said, Cortana is an exception because she went rampant and then broke out of it? So she can keep adding more memory or would there be a point where it just stops.
Because it would eventually HAVE to stop wouldn't it, shes technically hardware? Just very advance hardware.

[Edited on 06.05.2011 11:05 PM PDT]

  • 06.05.2011 11:04 PM PDT

Posted by: theBurgerface
Posted by: boogerman77
smart ai live for 7 years. so 7 years worth of constant download.

So going by what Jackofhearts said, Cortana is an exception because she went rampant and then broke out of it? So she can keep adding more memory or would there be a point where it just stops.
Because it would eventually HAVE to stop wouldn't it, shes technically hardware? Just very advance hardware.


She can also extend her time by releasing emotion I believe, stated in Contact Harvest.

  • 06.05.2011 11:06 PM PDT

"Where ere thou hast been, here or in yon world manifest? Canst thou tell what is, or what was, or what is to come? No thing shall last. Yet there are some things that will never change. History is written in blood, yet are battles really lost on the battlefield? Canst thou tell me where thou comest, and where thou goest, and what is, or what was, or what will be? For everything remains, AS IT NEVER WAS."

I'm just working off of personal theory, not known fact. I think that with the addition of Forerunner "knowledge" and tech - as seen in Halo: Reach - she became more of a Forerunner construct and less of a UNSC construct, or a hybrid of the two. It's possible that she has the ability to keep going indefinitely, "forgetting" or deleting irrelevant information as needed.

  • 06.05.2011 11:59 PM PDT

Posted by: jack0fhearts
I'm just working off of personal theory, not known fact. I think that with the addition of Forerunner "knowledge" and tech - as seen in Halo: Reach - she became more of a Forerunner construct and less of a UNSC construct, or a hybrid of the two. It's possible that she has the ability to keep going indefinitely, "forgetting" or deleting irrelevant information as needed.


She is quite possibly the most important piece of equipment both and the most important individual figure in the Human-Covenant War, it isn't surprising to be honest. Without her, the Master Chief would have been nothing. Without her, Noble Six and Noble Team would have had no purpose. She is the common denominator and ultimate catalyst of the entire Halo series.

  • 06.06.2011 1:40 AM PDT

Many gave their lives so that we could live on. I intend to honor them by remembering them. Remember Cyborg. Remember John. Remember Noble.

I wonder if she has subconsciousness.

  • 06.06.2011 6:53 AM PDT

Posted by: George 257
I wonder if she has subconsciousness.


You mean if she dreams? I wouldn't be surprised to be honest.

  • 06.06.2011 11:31 AM PDT

"Where ere thou hast been, here or in yon world manifest? Canst thou tell what is, or what was, or what is to come? No thing shall last. Yet there are some things that will never change. History is written in blood, yet are battles really lost on the battlefield? Canst thou tell me where thou comest, and where thou goest, and what is, or what was, or what will be? For everything remains, AS IT NEVER WAS."

Posted by: ThePredkiller2
Posted by: George 257
I wonder if she has subconsciousness.

You mean if she dreams? I wouldn't be surprised to be honest.

It's very likely it could be "simulation sub-routines" while in "Idle."

  • 06.06.2011 5:55 PM PDT

Well she took all the information from the artifact under Reach plus all of the data on Instalation 04. Some of that has been compressed and in the time that John was asleep she could have devoted a lot of her processing power to compressing more of it. So she's got a ton of information in her but she can probably hold quite a bit more.

  • 06.06.2011 6:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: pAc0tAc019
300000000 terabytes

300000000? THAT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!

  • 06.06.2011 6:06 PM PDT

Friends before pixels.

2gb.

No, I'm just kidding.

But, seriously, at least a million terabytes. There would have to be A LOT of memory to store all of 7 years worth of life, all of human history, math, science, and astrogation.

Let's not forget emotions and such.

  • 06.06.2011 6:22 PM PDT

wat gud!!!

i thinink she can hold more then 3+ million ter.

  • 06.27.2011 11:12 PM PDT

1.21 GIGABYTES!!!

  • 06.27.2011 11:13 PM PDT

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  • 06.27.2011 11:28 PM PDT

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All super computers around the world for 7 years, for one day, you do the math.

  • 06.27.2011 11:48 PM PDT

We're never what we invent or intend.

Well, when she was created, she had the sum total of all human knowledge and history, along with every intrusion protocol ever developed, and every bit of intel the UNSC had on the Covenant. Then she downloaded an entire Halo's data core, which would have held... most Forerunner history.

So Wikipedia times several hundred or thousand, I'd guess.

  • 06.29.2011 6:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: jack0fhearts
Possibly as much - if not more - than a human mind. She had all the Forerunner knowledge, and I think when she went rampant she's still sane, but the "limit" broke, allowing her to keep going past 7 years.


when was it stated that she had "all" the forerunner knowledge?which i can tell you she doesn't.

And AIS are deleted after 7 years, they don't die instantly.

  • 06.29.2011 6:37 AM PDT

Dont be shy...
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years?

  • 06.29.2011 8:32 AM PDT

Derp :P

I think she can absorb infinite amounts of memory but it cuts her operational life drastically

  • 06.29.2011 9:39 AM PDT

She can hold as much as my Xbox Hard Drive.

  • 06.29.2011 10:07 AM PDT

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