I-RAM, M-RAM: Good Bye to Hard Drives? by Marcelo Reyes
A couple of weeks ago, one of my lab associates made a comment about the advantages of the I-RAM and its speed with respect to the hard drive. What is an I-RAM? I asked. Simple. They are a bank of DDR memories that are used as a hard drive. They are powered through a PCI port and use a SATA... At the same time, while I was doing some research on I-RAMs I ran into some information about a new concept, the M-RAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory). ... This Technologies main advantage is that the chips keep the information stored even after the system is turned off, which means that computers...

Finally... An Easy To Understand Introduction To Computers by Roger A. Pendey
When you mention the word "technology," most people think about computers. Virtually every facet of our lives has some computerized component. The appliances in our homes have microprocessors built into them, as do our televisions. Even our cars have a computer. ... There are various types of memory in a computer system: Random-access memory (RAM): Used to temporarily store information that the computer is currently working with. ... Read-only memory (ROM): It refers to computer memory chips, containing permanent or semi-permanent data that does not change.

How To Know If You Need Computer Memory by Michael Russell
Having a computer means you have to update it, but if you update anything, it should be the memory. Memory is the cheapest component to buy, and it is the easiest to install. Here are some ways to know if you need more memory. When you have more than 5 windows running programs and then you... If you want to buy more memory, just go to any computer store and tell them the make and model of your computer and tell them how much memory you want. ... If you do not know how much memory you currently have in your computer right now, go Pcpitstop.com and run a scan on your computer, this site will...

Computer Memory – A Vital Part of a PC by Paul MacIver
Any device that holds data for a computer for a short period of time is called computer memory. If you have spent even just a little time with any computer, you will hear about RAM, Hard Disks, or CD's and DVD's. All these are means to store the information from a computer. ... RAM and Other Types of Memory: The primary characteristic that separates RAM from other types of memory is the fact that any memory location RAM can be accessed at almost the same speed in a random manner. ... In modern computers the random access memory (RAM), a solid-state memory, is attached to the CPU using a...

Why Do I Need Photo Compression Software? by Scott Heath
Like time in a bottle, our photographs are memories of moments forever captured. In conventional cameras, chemical and mechanical processes captured images on film. To email a picture taken on film to a friend, the film needs to be developed into individual photos, and the photo then has to be... Another way to reduce the amount of memory needed to store images on your computer is to use compression software. ... Why do digital images take up so much computer memory? ... Most types of computer files have the same information listed over and over again.

Computer Memory - The Different Types by Michael Russell
In this article we're going to review the different types of computer memory as they do not all function the same way. The most common and most often used computer memory is your RAM which stands for Random Access Memory. Random Access Memory is considered random access because you can access... This type of memory is usually used for a computer's cache memory. ... This type of memory takes advantage of the fact that in most cases the data that needs to be accessed is sequentially stored and therefore using a very fast method of accessing this memory.

The Types Of Computer Memory by Robert Thatcher
How can a computer be such an amazing gadget? To many people they just can’t be so amazed on how computers have changed the way we live. Computers can now be found in many sizes and shapes. Almost every home appliance seems to have their own mini computer located somewhere. ... Computer memory makes it possible to retain important information on a computer. ... The best known computer memory is the RAM, otherwise known as Random Access Memory. ... There is also another type of computer memory called Virtual Memory.

RAM – Random Access Memory by Logan Rokwild
The word ‘memory’ is commonly used in computer parlance to refer to RAM. When you start an application, say a game, your computer stores some of the data required to make it work in the RAM so that it can be easily and speedily accessed. There are several forms of memory in the computer (for... Not so long ago, the maximum memory a computer needed was 1 or 2MB (megabytes). ... RAM keeps all the information just before the computer needs to use it. ... If the RAM is not enough to store the information, the computer will search for it in an alternative storage device such as a hard disk or...

Knowing Your Computer: Types of Memory by Michael Russell
All computers require memory to operate. The main computer memory is Random Access Memory, or RAM for short. It is called this because the data contained in it can be accessed in any, or random, order. It is produced on small circuit boards in the form of sticks, which are often referred to as... If the system bus speed is rated at 100 MHz and the memory at 66 MHz, then the memory isn't operating as quickly as it could and PC100 memory should be purchased. ... These clocks happen very fast in computers (millions of times a second) but still the speed of the memory is ultimately limited by...

Computer Memory - What To Buy? by Michael Russell
In this article we're going to discuss, first off, how to determine what kind of memory your computer uses and how to decide what to buy to fit your needs. Unfortunately, not all computer memory is alike and the make of your motherboard will determine what memory you will need to get if you want... Aside from amount of memory, you also have to buy memory that matches the speed of your system. ... So, if you put in a memory chip of a higher speed, your computer will only run it at the maximum speed the system is capable of and buying a faster speed chip is just wasting your money.