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Ram - Random Access Memory:: What Is RAM Structure, Explain With Block Diagram?

RAM (random access memory) is the computer's short-term memory that temporarily stores data and information for processing. It allows data to be accessed randomly from any location in the memory. RAM is volatile, meaning the data is lost when power is turned off. A RAM unit uses address selection lines, data input/output lines, and control lines to communicate between memory and other components. It performs write and read operations, where write transfers data into memory and read transfers data out of memory by selecting addresses.

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Ram - Random Access Memory:: What Is RAM Structure, Explain With Block Diagram?

RAM (random access memory) is the computer's short-term memory that temporarily stores data and information for processing. It allows data to be accessed randomly from any location in the memory. RAM is volatile, meaning the data is lost when power is turned off. A RAM unit uses address selection lines, data input/output lines, and control lines to communicate between memory and other components. It performs write and read operations, where write transfers data into memory and read transfers data out of memory by selecting addresses.

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What is RAM structure, explain with block diagram?

RAM - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY:


Random Access Memory is the full form of Ram. This is where a PC stores data before it’s
processed. When the computer or laptop's power supply is turned off, the information
contained in this kind of memory is destroyed. BIOS can be used to search the information
that is contained in RAM. The Main Memory, Temporary Memory, Cache Memory, and
Volatile Memory of a computer device are all terms used to describe it.

The memory cells in random-access memory (RAM) can be accessed for information transfer
from any random location. That is, no matter where the cells are physically placed in
memory, the process of finding a word in memory is the same and takes the same amount of
time.

Data input and output lines, address selection lines, and control lines that define or
specify the transfer path/direction are used to communicate between a memory and its
environment.

RAM’s BLOCK DIAGRAM:


A block diagram of a RAM unit is shown below:

WORKING:
The n data input lines provide the information to be stored in memory, and the n data
output lines supply the information coming out of particular word chosen among the 2k
available inside the memory. The two control inputs specify the direction of transfer desired.

OPERATIONS of RAM:
 Write Operation
 Read Operation

The write and read operations are the two operations that a random access memory can
perform.

A Transfer-In Operation is specified by the Write Signal, while a Transfer-Out Operation is


specified by the Read Signal. When one of these control signals is accepted, the memory's
internal circuits perform the required function.

The following are the steps that must be followed in order for a new word to be stored in
memory:

1) Apply/Fill in the address lines with the binary address of the desired word.
2) Apply/Fill the data input lines with the data bits that must be stored in memory.
3) Activate the Write Input.

The memory device will then take the bits currently available on the input data lines and
store them in the address lines' designated locations. The following are the steps that must
be followed in order to transfer a stored word from memory:

1. Apply/Fill in the address lines with the binary address of the desired expression.
2. Activate the Read Input.

The memory device will then apply the bits from the address-selected word to the output
data lines. After reading, the selected word's content remains unchanged.

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