So as far as I understand Random Access Memory lets us access any stored in it data regardless where it’s stored and with the same speed.
I just don’t understand what makes that physically possible. Data is being transfered through electrons at approximately the speed of light through the wires. But how do you connect the wires to access all of the data everywhere in RAM at the same time?
Is the data being broken down into bits over all the RAM units – making the data collection process longer as you have to gather all the data particles or is there something I’m missing.
If I got any of my facts wrong feel free to correct me.
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It’s actually very simple – RAM just prolongs the time for close cells, until it matches the time for furthest cells. So it always waits the “longest sure time”, even if it’s not necessary.
It might be possible to read close cells faster, but it’s just not worth the extra hardware.
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