Device responsible for holding data that the CPU requires. This data includes:
- Program machine code
- Program data
RAM
RAM Chips
RAM is able to store binary data through capacitors and transistors.
Data is organized in Byte fashion and transferred to the CPU byte by byte through the MCC.
Address pins on the ram dictate how much bits can be sent to the MCC per clock cycle. In the above example, there are 10 address pins.
RAM Chip Types
RAM Sticks
RAM sticks are small circuit boards which connect several RAM chips together as one to communicate with the MCC.
It plugs into a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express slot.
RAM can be x32bit or x64bit