random-access
adjective
ran·dom-ac·cess
ˈran-dəm-ˈak-ˌses 
: permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires
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Their work incorporated a form of error correction and a type of random-access memory (RAM).
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
For instance, for artificial intelligence training fast solid-state drives are often used for feeding data to memory, usually dynamic random-access memory that supports the fast data access required for efficient and effective use of GPUs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The fab is the first dynamic random-access memory manufacturing plant built in the United States in 20 years, Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion, previously told the Statesman.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Back then, ICs, such as random-access memory chips, were typically produced in a monthlong stop-and-go march through dozens of manual work stations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
While Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker for dynamic random-access memory chips, saw its shares drop 1.9%.
—Ryan Browne,anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
The fab would be the United States’ first dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, manufacturing plant built in the last 20 years, according to Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
The research firm foresees the revenue for DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chips declining 39.4% in 2023 but expects a rise of 86.8% in 2024 as pricing keeps rebounding.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 7 July 2023
In the Lisa and most other operating systems, two indexes access a program on floppy disk, using up precious random-access memory and increasing the delay in fetching programs from a disk.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
For instance, for artificial intelligence training fast solid-state drives are often used for feeding data to memory, usually dynamic random-access memory that supports the fast data access required for efficient and effective use of GPUs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The fab is the first dynamic random-access memory manufacturing plant built in the United States in 20 years, Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion, previously told the Statesman.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Back then, ICs, such as random-access memory chips, were typically produced in a monthlong stop-and-go march through dozens of manual work stations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
While Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker for dynamic random-access memory chips, saw its shares drop 1.9%.
—Ryan Browne,anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
The fab would be the United States’ first dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, manufacturing plant built in the last 20 years, according to Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
The research firm foresees the revenue for DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chips declining 39.4% in 2023 but expects a rise of 86.8% in 2024 as pricing keeps rebounding.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 7 July 2023
In the Lisa and most other operating systems, two indexes access a program on floppy disk, using up precious random-access memory and increasing the delay in fetching programs from a disk.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
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