Motherboard components RAM Flashcards

1
Q

what are the ram slots designed for?

A

to hold memory chips in a module?

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2
Q

what are ram used to to store?

A

curretly used data and instructions for cpu

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3
Q

what is dimm for?

A

PCs

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4
Q

what is sodimm/microdimm for?

A

laptops

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5
Q

what is simm?

A

Older form factor that set the trend to put memory chips on modules

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6
Q

what does colour coding in ram slots represent?

A

single, dual, triple channels

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7
Q

what if theres not enough physical memory in ram slots?

A

Use hard drive

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8
Q

what is the space of hard drive know as for memory?

A

swap file/ paging file or generally virtual memory

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9
Q

what must be done to virtual memory to work?

A

paged into ram

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10
Q

what happens when you rely on virtual memory too much?

A

slows the performance of the system

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11
Q

what is the best way when their is inadequate memory?

A

add physical memory modules

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12
Q

what do you have to do to enhance speed?

A

add cache memory between cpu and ram

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13
Q

what method does cache use?

A

prefetches info and predicts what cpu will ask

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14
Q

what gets stored on cache?

A

most recently used data and code or what is expected to use

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15
Q

what is the cache on mb known as?

A

l2 cache or external cache

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16
Q

what is the cache built onto core/die?

A

internal cache or level 1 cache

17
Q

what is the 1st lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?

A

L1 cache-64kb

18
Q

what is the 2nd lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?

A

L2 cache- 256kb

19
Q

what is the 3rd lowest form of memory and how much memory is there?

A

L3 cache- 4mb to 12 mb

20
Q

what is the 4 form of memory and how much is there?

A

RAM- 4 TO 16 GB

21
Q

What is the 5th form of memory and how much is there?

A

hdd/ssd- 100s to 1000s gbs