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What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1

What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1

Posted Sep 27, 2007 8:09 UTC (Thu) by tyhik (subscriber, #14747)
In reply to: What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1 by k8to
Parent article: What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1

"... but the none of them need be aware of the circuit design. None."

There are programmers out there, who write memory controller configuration code for boot loaders. I have done it and knowing the electrical design of memory cells really helped to answer simple questions like why the hell does DRAM need a configurable controller while the onchip SRAM is nicely ready for use right after powerup.


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