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Also Known As static RAM • SRAM

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Close-up of a static random access memory chip mounted on a green printed circuit board.
NMOS circuit implementation of (A) a DRAM cell, (B) an SRAM cell, and (C) an EPROM transistor, where the charge is stored on the floating gate. The address line selects the cell to be written or read, and the memory-state information is sensed on the bit line(s).
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