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Article #7988Refreshing DRAM
From: smlg1015
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 01:21
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 01:21
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Dear sci.electronics: Now that I'm putting more memory on to the lab`s computer, it got me thinking about the refresh of DRAM. If one increases the amount of DRAM by a factor of 4, say, does this mean that the microprocessor spends 4 times as much time refreshing, and hence, less time executing useful instructions? Does refreshing occur chip by chip, or all DRAMS chips simultaneously? For all practical purposes, does the addition of more memory (after a certain limit) lose its appeal because of refresh? Just wondering, Stuart Lichtenthal
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