System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers have a problem, a big problem in fact, Random Access Memory (RAM) is slow, too slow, it just can’t keep up. So they came up with a workaround and it is called cache ...

In this post, we are going to explain the differences between SRAM and DRAM. These are types of RAM (Random Access Memory) which is an internal memory of a computer. Now, if you are curious about ...

Why it matters: A RAM drive is traditionally conceived as a block of volatile memory "formatted" to be used as a secondary storage disk drive. RAM disks are extremely fast compared to HDDs or even ...

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are kept ...

I thought it was a good idea to load up one of my Win 2000 server boxes with 2GB of RAM. <BR><BR>The thinking was that Win 2000 should use that RAM effectively to cache writes so that performance ...