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As we have seen from the earlier chapters the digital computer is based on the stored program concept and consequently depends for its operation on the availability of memory in which to store data and instructions. There has always been a proliferation of ideas for the application of physical principles to the design of memory cells, but those that have achieved recognition by being manufactured have done so because they have been able to offer reliable large-capacity storage and state-of-the-art performance at a low cost. Both historically and currently cost per bit has always been one of the major criteria in memory design. A second is the memory access time which, as we have already seen, needs to match the speed of the internal registers and ALU; a third is the physical size of a block of memory cells.

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    Douglas Lewin (Formerly Professor of Digital Processes)

  2. CEE Technology Management, Warwickshire, UK

    David Noaks

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Lewin, D., Noaks, D. (1992). Memory systems. In: Theory and Design of Digital Computer Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1576-6_6

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