Post-ID: thread-20050321212708-qdb-43244
Created-At: 2005-03-21T21:27:08Z
Board-Tags: general
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<<HobbitGrease> tobita: i'm going to expose more of my computer stupidity here, what's the difference between SDRAM and DDR RAM
<Tobita> The number of pins on the stick
<<HobbitGrease> ah
<Tobita> Other than that, DDR is faster
<<HobbitGrease> at least i'm not calling the entire computer tower the modem, as a coworker was doing today
<Defiler> Hobbit: Technically, it's "SDRAM" vs. "DDR SDRAM"
<Defiler> Which should make it clearer that one is an enhanced version of the other.
<Defiler> Imagine that someone is flicking the light switch on and off in your room.
<Defiler> In the room with you is a dwarf with a knife.
<Defiler> With regular SDRAM, every time the lights go out, the dwarf stabs you.
<Defiler> With DDR, not only does he stab you when the lights go out, but also, when the lights turn back on, he kicks you in the shin.
<Defiler> As you can see, more information is being transmitted, even though the same process is going on.
<Defiler> This is the magic of DDR.