Memory comparison

• Static is easiest

  • Fast
  • No refresh
  • Clocked

• DRAM is densest

  • Slower than SRAM
  • Bigger than SRAM
  • Older DRAMs are asynchronous
  • SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) is clocked

• ROM is nonvolatile

  • Memory survives power-off

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