Anatomy of RAM

Every single computer has RAM, whether it's embedded into a processor or sitting on a dedicated circuit board plugged into the system, computing devices simply can't work without it. RAM is an astonishing feat of precision engineering, and yet it is manufactured in epic quantities every year. You can count billions of transistors in it, but RAM only uses a handful watts of power. Given how super important RAM is, a proper dissection is called for.

RAM is an astonishing feat of precision engineering, and yet it is manufactured in epic quantities every year.

So let's prep for surgery, wheel out the delivery table, and head for theatre. Time to dig right down into the very cells that make up today's memory and see how it all works.