Memory chips

Memory chips are integrated circuits that can store information. Today, memory chips are on various types of RAM (Random-Access Memory), like DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM(electrically erasable programmable read-only memory), and SRAM (Static Random-Access Memory). Memory chips can also be integrated into hardware devices, like a video card.

The first memory chip to utilize wires, in the form of a grid, for addressing memory cores was invented by Jay Forrester in 1949. However, Forrester's electronic wire memory chip wasn't actually developed until around 1953.

The picture below is an example of a 512 MB DIMM RAM stick with eight visible memory chips integrated on the circuit board.

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