DRAM chips are large, rectangular arrays of memory cells with support logic that is used for reading and writing data in the arrays, and refresh circuitry to maintain the integrity of stored data. Memory arrays are arranged in rows and columns of memory cells called wordlines and … [Read more...]
A PC's third and principal level of system memory is referred to as main memory, or Random Access Memory (RAM). It is an impermanent source of … [Read More...]
Ethernet was developed in the mid 1970s by the Xerox Corporation, and in 1979 Digital Equipment Corporation DEC) and Intel joined forces with Xerox to … [Read More...]
As implied by the name, these drives use a hybrid of magnetic and optical technologies, employing laser to read data on the disk, while … [Read More...]