Motherboard components RAM Flashcards
what are the ram slots designed for?
to hold memory chips in a module?
what are ram used to to store?
curretly used data and instructions for cpu
what is dimm for?
PCs
what is sodimm/microdimm for?
laptops
what is simm?
Older form factor that set the trend to put memory chips on modules
what does colour coding in ram slots represent?
single, dual, triple channels
what if theres not enough physical memory in ram slots?
Use hard drive
what is the space of hard drive know as for memory?
swap file/ paging file or generally virtual memory
what must be done to virtual memory to work?
paged into ram
what happens when you rely on virtual memory too much?
slows the performance of the system
what is the best way when their is inadequate memory?
add physical memory modules
what do you have to do to enhance speed?
add cache memory between cpu and ram
what method does cache use?
prefetches info and predicts what cpu will ask
what gets stored on cache?
most recently used data and code or what is expected to use
what is the cache on mb known as?
l2 cache or external cache
what is the cache built onto core/die?
internal cache or level 1 cache
what is the 1st lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?
L1 cache-64kb
what is the 2nd lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?
L2 cache- 256kb
what is the 3rd lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?
L3 cache- 4mb to 12 mb
what is the 4 form of memory and how much is there?
RAM- 4 TO 16 GB
What is the 5th form of memory and how much is there?
hdd/ssd- 100s to 1000s gbs
