What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1

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.