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From: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Refreshing DRAM
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Date: 29 Oct 90 22:19:09 GMT
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 > If one increases the amount of DRAM by a factor of
 > 4, say, does this mean that the microprocessor spends 4 times as much time
 > refreshing, and hence, less time executing useful instructions? 

No.  Refresh is done in parallel.
 

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