seems a lot of applications use sdram rather then sram. What are the pros and cons of each? The only siginifacnt difference I see is density.
sram vs sdram
Started by ●April 13, 2007
Reply by ●April 13, 20072007-04-13
Reply by ●April 13, 20072007-04-13
On Apr 13, 9:25 am, mtsuka...@gmail.com wrote:> why use one rather then the other in a certain applicationSame reasons as always. Cost vs. capacity vs. complexity vs. power consumption vs. speed vs. whatever. Choose what fits your requirements best. Regards, -=Dave
Reply by ●April 13, 20072007-04-13
On Apr 13, 11:10 am, "Dave Hansen" <i...@hotmail.com> wrote:> On Apr 13, 9:25 am, mtsuka...@gmail.com wrote: > > > why use one rather then the other in a certain application > > Same reasons as always. Cost vs. capacity vs. complexity vs. power > consumption vs. speed vs. whatever. Choose what fits your > requirements best. > > Regards, > -=Davecapacity and cost aside. Speed you can get equivalent speeds
Reply by ●April 14, 20072007-04-14
On 13 Apr 2007 09:03:06 -0700, mtsukanov@gmail.com wrote:>On Apr 13, 11:10 am, "Dave Hansen" <i...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Apr 13, 9:25 am, mtsuka...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > why use one rather then the other in a certain application >> >> Same reasons as always. Cost vs. capacity vs. complexity vs. power >> consumption vs. speed vs. whatever. Choose what fits your >> requirements best. >> >> Regards, >> -=Dave > >capacity and cost aside. Speed you can get equivalent speedsThose are the most important reasons in pretty much every design.
Reply by ●April 14, 20072007-04-14
On 13 Apr 2007 08:10:48 -0700, "Dave Hansen" <iddw@hotmail.com> wrote:>On Apr 13, 9:25 am, mtsuka...@gmail.com wrote: >> why use one rather then the other in a certain application > >Same reasons as always. Cost vs. capacity vs. complexity vs. power >consumption vs. speed vs. whatever. Choose what fits your >requirements best... and temperature range. With static RAMs the power consumption is quite stable between -55 C .. +125 C, however, with dynamic RAMs the high refresh rate at higher temperatures will consume quite a lot of power, even if the memory is not accessed. Paul
Reply by ●April 14, 20072007-04-14
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:50:53 +1000, The Real Andy <therealandy@nospam.com> wrote:>On 13 Apr 2007 09:03:06 -0700, mtsukanov@gmail.com wrote: > >>On Apr 13, 11:10 am, "Dave Hansen" <i...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> On Apr 13, 9:25 am, mtsuka...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> > why use one rather then the other in a certain application >>> >>> Same reasons as always. Cost vs. capacity vs. complexity vs. power >>> consumption vs. speed vs. whatever. Choose what fits your >>> requirements best. >>> >>> Regards, >>> -=Dave >> >>capacity and cost aside. Speed you can get equivalent speedsBut speeds are not entirely equivalent, as with SDRAM you have addressing and refresh overheads, so speed for accessing completely random addresses is very much slower than the burst rate for consecutive data within a row.
Reply by ●April 24, 20072007-04-24
Reply by ●April 24, 20072007-04-24
Because the 's' (pun intended) in SRAM is different from the 's' in SDRAM! SRAM stands for Static RAM, a kind of memory cell using flip-flops and memory contents can be retained indefinitely as long as DC power is present. SDRAM stands for Synchronous Dynamic RAM, a kind of memory cell using capacitors and cells have to be refreshed regularly to retain their contents. There are a few transistors in a flip-flop, so a flip-flop occupies a lot more space than a capacitor on an IC. One can pack several giga bits on a DRAM chip, but only several tens of mega bits of SRAM, as L1/L2/L3 cache memory on nowadays CPU. My 2 cents. Stephen Wong @ Hong Kong On Wed, 24 Apr 2007, mtsukanov@gmail.com wrote:> awsome. thanks for the responses. > > why is there such a difference in capacity between the two? > >