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dynamic random-access memory
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random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit
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Encyclopedic overview
A die photograph of the Micron Technology MT4C1024 DRAM integrated circuit (1994). It has a capacity of 1 megabit equivalent to 2 bits or 128 KiB.
Motherboard of the NeXTcube computer, 1990, with 64 MiB main memory DRAM (top left) and 256 KiB of VRAM (lower edge, right of middle)
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