Chapter 6: Learning RAM

■ Identify the different types of DRAM packaging ■ Explain the varieties of RAM

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The sticks of RAM snapped into your motherboard are known as ______ RAM
DRAM
Think of DRAM as a spreadsheet in which each cell holds either: ______
A one or a zero
Each cell represents a single: _____
Bit
The number of columns and rows on RAM are: _____
Finite
If a chip contains 1,048,576 rows and 8 columns, it can be described as a ________ .
1 M × 8 chip
A chip containing 2,097,152 rows and 16 columns can be described as a ________ .
2 M × 16 chip
DRAM needs to be able to fill the _1_. A 1 M × 8 DRAM chip is only _2_ wide and would provide the CPU with only _3_ of data.
1) data bus 2) 8 bits 3) 8 bits
You would need __1__ of the __2__ to fill a 64-bit data bus.
1) eight2) 1 M × 8 chips
DRAM chips are soldered to a_1_called a stick or module, and when these chips are combined, a single stick can fill the_ 2_.
1) circuit board 2) data bus
Modern DRAM sticks come in ___ bit and ___bit wide varieties.
32-bit- and 64-bit
Synchronous dynamic random access memory, or SDRAM, is tied to the _______.
System clock
The _1_, _2_, and _3_ all work in tandem with the clock pulse. This results in little wasted time when the _4_requests data from RAM.
1) CPU 2) Memory controller 3) RAM 4) CPU
SDRAM comes in sticks called ____ ____ ____ ____
dual inline memory modules (DIMMs)
SDRAM DIMMs come in a variety of pin sizes, with __ pins being the most common for desktop systems.
168
DIMMs are 64 bits wide so that they match the
64-bit data bus of modern CPUs.