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In article <1992Oct30.041806.3484@ksmith.uucp>, keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) writes:
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>In article <68457@cup.portal.com> drchip@cup.portal.com (MYRON A LIEBERMAN) writes:
>>15ns DRAMs
>>
>>Where do you propose to obtain 15ns DRAMs? Until recently the fastest made
>>was a 53ns DRAM manufactured by NMB Semiconductor. Last year several
>>companies have announced the development of 40ns DRAMs, but that would
>>appear to be the fastest. While 15ns SRAM is readily available, the need
>>for refresh makes DRAMs more challenging to produce at low access times.
>
>Speaking of which.  My first computer used SRAM because it was easy to
>implement, and inherently faster (no refresh).  My question is why no
>one makes a Generic 386/486 that doesn't USE dram at all, but only SRAM.
>How come we don't have SRAM SIMM?  You should be able to buy SRAM at
>about 4 times the cost of DRAM.  That means you could get a dramatic
>performance boost for the expense of some extra money in RAM. <sigh>.
>-- 
>Keith Smith          uunet!ksmith!keith            5719 Archer Rd.
>Digital Designs      BBS 1-919-423-4216            Hope Mills, NC 28348-2201
>Somewhere in the Styx of North Carolina ...
>

I remember a review of a Compuadd machine in a PC Magazine once, where it had
two megs of all SRAMS (don't remember speed).  It was a touch faster than the
others, but didn't really justify the higher price.

P.S. I'm from Fayetteville!  Wanna play the name game?

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