semiconductor memory

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semiconductor
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tər/us
/ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tɚ/
a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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Typically, asemiconductormemorydesign might use forward error correction, incorporating redundant data into each word to create an error correcting code.
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The 70 series hadsemiconductormemorybut also supported core.
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Semiconductormemorycell arrays are very regular structures, and manufacturers prove their processes on them; this allows price reductions on memory products.
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She also holds patents in internet technologies andsemiconductormemoryinnovations, and writes technical papers and articles.
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Mostsemiconductormemoryis organized into memory cells or bistable flip-flops, each storing one bit (0 or 1).
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In modern computers, primary storage almost exclusively consists of dynamic volatilesemiconductormemoryor dynamic random access memory.
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Non-volatilesemiconductormemoryis also used for secondary storage in various advanced electronic devices and specialized computers.
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The matrix layout of a crossbar switch is also used in somesemiconductormemorydevices.
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There are two main types ofsemiconductormemory: volatile and non-volatile.
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Semiconductormemorydoubles in size for each address lane added to an integrated circuit package, which favors counts that are powers of two.
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Core memory remained dominant until the 1970s, when advances in integrated circuit technology allowedsemiconductormemoryto become economically competitive.
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It is the essential characteristic of the flip-flop, a circuit widely used in latches and some types ofsemiconductormemory.
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Asemiconductormemorychip may contain millions of tiny transistors or capacitors.
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Twistor was used only briefly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, whensemiconductormemorydevices replaced almost all earlier memory systems.
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Both "volatile" and "non-volatile" forms ofsemiconductormemoryexist.
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Nor is it clear if the core memory was designed as a backup, or that thesemiconductormemorycame along later.
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Hard disk drives use a rotating magnetic disk to store data; access time is longer than forsemiconductormemory, but cost per stored data bit is very low.
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Core memory was replaced bysemiconductormemory.
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Memory options included magnetic core of between 4 and 16k and latersemiconductormemoryof up to 32k in a variety of formats, full card and half card.
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Computer main memory slowly moved away from magnetic core memory devices to solid-state static and dynamicsemiconductormemory, which greatly reduced the cost, size and power consumption of computer devices.
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