Wo rkflo Ws a n d P a r a m e t e r s In general, multiple fast processors are useful for a speedy workflow. Digital imaging applications are increasinglydesignedtomakeuseofmultipleproces- sors and multicore processors. Upgrading to a new computerwithafasterprocessorwillmakethebiggest differenceinworkflowspeed. RAM AddingRAM(randomaccessmemory)isusuallycited nextasawaytospeedupworkflowapplications.RAM chipsthemselvescomeinavarietyofspeeds,anditis besttousethefastestandhighestqualityRAMavail- ableinyourworkstation.High-qualityRAMchipscan havebettererrorcorrectionbuiltin,whichisanimpor- tant feature to prevent file corruption. Since RAM is exponentiallyfasterthandiskmemory,havingmoreof it allows more image processing to be done in this · Speed · Typeofconnectiontotheprocessor Speed Drive speed is a combination of short access time, whichisrelatedtohowfastthedrivespins,andhigh throughput,whichishowfastthedrivecanread/write data.Modernhigh-capacity7200 rpmdriveshavefor allintentsandpurposesbecomesofastthattheextra speed of 10,000 or 15,000 rpm drives will hardly be noticed. Scratch disks are made faster when two or more drives are combined in a Raid 0 configuration (spreadingdataevenlyovermultipledrives,alsoknown asanarray)toenhanceperformance.Becausethereis · Capacity