Modern Hardware Cheat Sheet for System Design Interviews (2025 Edition)

Don’t get tripped by old tech. Uncover the modern hardware numbers every developer should know for 2025 system design interviews.

Aug 07, 2025

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This blog explains how modern hardware capabilities have shattered old limits and what that means for system design. It covers updated performance numbers for CPUs, memory, storage, and networks in 2025, and explains how knowing these numbers can help you design better systems (and ace your system design interviews).

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