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Windows Task Manager Will Soon Replace MHz With MT/s For RAM Speed

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A tiny change to Task Manager that will satisfy even the most particular terminology sticklers.
Windows insiders should already have received Preview Build 22635.3570, which includes a number of changes and new features. Among these are the ability to duplicate a tab in File Explorer, a pause for Copilot releases pending further refinements, and a fix for an issue where “Global.WindowsMigration” shows up in the Start Menu.
There are a number of fixes and changes coming to the Windows Task Manager in this update. Among them are reliability improvements, keyboard navigation adjustments, process termination fixes, and a patch for a strange issue where it was impossible to unmount USB devices while Task Manager was open.
Arguably the least important change to Task Manager gets front and center billing in the list of patch notes, though: Microsoft is changing the memory speed readout in Task Manager to use “MT/s” instead of “MHz.” Strictly speaking, this change does make it more accurate; the speed reported is the data transfer speed, not the clock rate, so marking it as the number of transfers per second is correct.

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