MemoryCOE 308 – Computer Architecture© Muhamed Mudawar – slide 3  Large arrays of storage cells  Volatile memory  Hold the stored data as long as it is powered on  Random Access  Access time is practically the same to any data on a RAM chip  Chip Select (CS) control signal  Select RAM chip to read/write  Read/Write (R/W) control signal  Specifies memory operation  2 n × m RAM chip: n-bit address and m-bit data Random Access Memory RAM Address Data CS R/W n m
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