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- From: js@gaaj.uottawa.ca (Jean-Serge Gagnon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: 8bit RAM <-> 32bit RAM
- Message-ID: <js.32.714065042@gaaj.uottawa.ca>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 15:24:02 GMT
- Sender: news@fisher.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Computing & Communications, Ottawa University
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- Hi,
- I grew up in the Z80 world (TRS-80 and Sinclair) and learned about
- physical memory of 8bits with addresses upto 16bits (64K RAM). Then I went
- to the PC world, still with 8bit memory, but with 20b of address (1Meg).
-
- For a while, I've seen talk of 32bit RAM SIMMs. I can understand that
- 1Meg of 32bit RAM is equivalent to 4Meg of 8bit RAM, but what I don't
- understand is what it's used in now a days. I mean, if a 386/486 has a
- 32bit data bus, then are the motherboards designed with only 8bit data
- buses? If so, then what would be the advantages to buying a board designed
- with a 32bit data bus?
-
- Thanks for any insight.
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