{"id":6272,"date":"2021-02-01T07:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2021-02-01T07:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:31:45","slug":"the-difference-between-flash-memory-and-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/the-difference-between-flash-memory-and-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between Flash memory and RAM."},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Even though vendors refer to flash memory and conventional RAM — the main memory of your PC or server — as solid-state memory, these two memory types are significantly different.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Erin Sullivan<\/a>\u00a0and Rodney Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When discussing flash memory vs.\u00a0RAM, you might be inclined to lump them together based on their similarities. While both technologies are made up of solid-state chips and fall into the category of solid-state storage, the way they are made, their performance specifications and the relative costs give them entirely different roles in a computer system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flash memory\u00a0is used primarily for storage, while\u00a0RAM (random access memory) performs calculations on the data retrieved from storage. By their nature, flash memory and RAM are faster than storage alternatives, such as hard disk and tape.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In terms of flash memory vs. RAM speed, RAM is the faster of the two, but it is also more expensive. There are two types of RAM commonly used in a computer system:\u00a0dynamic RAM (DRAM)\u00a0and\u00a0static RAM (SRAM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to being the fastest option, SRAM is much more expensive than DRAM, so it is mainly used as the\u00a0cache memory inside\u00a0the integrated circuit that is a computer’s CPU. DRAM is mainly used as the primary operational memory, running the OS and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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