Showing posts with label RAM Memory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAM Memory. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Information about RAM

RAMRAM Memory or Random Access Memory is used to hold the information needed to make your computer work and start. When you switch the power on, it reads all information which is needed to start one of the hard drives into memory and once the window is loaded, the computers loads the different applications stored in it.

The reason for this is because computer RAM is a hundred times faster than a hard drive which allows the computer to perform faster. 2GB of RAM is recommended if you want to store photo and video files always. Speed of RAM is measured in MHz or MHz. Another speed is the CAS speed which is measured in Nano seconds or ns.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Computer RAM Memory and Its Significance

Computer RAM or random-access memory is one kind of computer memory that can be used indiscriminately. It acts as the main memory of the computer system. It allows accessing any byte without the interference to its prior bytes. It is mostly the common type of memory used in computer systems and sometimes in printers. Generally, two types of RAM are available, namely- DRAM or Dynamic random-access memory, and the other is SRAM or Static random-access memory.

DRAM is widely used because of its availability and cheap cost, while SRAM is relatively expensive but faster than DRAM. For DRAM, it is necessary to refresh the system continuously whereas, SRAM doesn’t require any refreshing. Moreover, the data transfer rate is faster in SRAM rather than DRAM. However, you should pick your desired RAM according to your budget.