On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:53:20 -0500 flipper wrote in
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:18:53 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:23:32 -0500, flipper wrote:


Just how the hell do you think dynamic RAM works? It's a freaking huge
bank of capacitors, which is why the darn thing has to be continually
refreshed.

No, idiot. It is a large bank of actively latched transistor switches.

A "latch" is, by definition, static and needs no refresh, as in
"Static RAM" (SRAM).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_..._access_memory

"...a type of semiconductor memory where the word static indicates
that, unlike dynamic RAM (DRAM), it does not need to be periodically
refreshed, as SRAM uses bistable latching circuitry to store each
bit."

No caps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic...AM_.28SDRAM.29

"Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory
that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an
integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information
eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed
periodically. Because of this refresh requirement, it is a dynamic
memory as opposed to SRAM and other static memory."

Looks like AlwaysWrong has gone AWOL.

*snicker*