In the early days of computing, the difference between RAM and ROM was very clear. Random access memory (RAM) was designed to hold data while the computer was turned on and to lose it when the power ...

The computers and other tech devices your company uses rely on a handful of basic technologies. One of them is the memory, which is where your software does what it does. There's a whole alphabet soup ...

Another term for flash memory. Since flash chips can be updated over and over, the ROM (read only) designation is somewhat misleading. "ROM" is used more to mean not volatile than not changeable. See ...

Two decades ago Samsung took a leap in the dark. The company has always been known for breaking new ground, but at the beginning of the century it turned its attention to a storage technology that ...

Flash memory has become one of the fastest growing semiconductor memories because of widespread adoption of this nonvolatile memory in portable electronics devices and consumer applications. Two major ...

Let us discuss this topic in more detail. 1] Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid-State Drive (SSD) When it comes down to common computer memory, the hard disk drive is likely at the top of the list. If you ...

Circa 1984 while in the employ of Toshiba, Dr. Fujio Masuoka invented a unique type of memory device having the desirable features of read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and ...

Some of us have gone through an era of pixelated MASK ROM entertainment, others have experienced an evolution in the capabilities of music devices, and plenty have tried slow file transfers and ...

ROM and flash memory chipmaker Macronix International remains cautious about the market's potential resurgence in 2024. End-market demand recovery may not be noticeable until the second half of next ...