Assertion: static ram | /r/Desires | little power
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text: This process takes either the attention of the CPU, or the additional support circuitry on the memory chip itself, and, to add insult to injury, the need to constantly refresh the memory contents means that when the power gets turned off, all memory gets completely erased — core, being magnetic, was completely non-volatile, and static RAM required so little power that it could be kept alive with a simple lithium watch battery.
text: This process takes either the attention of the CPU, or the additional support circuitry on the memory chip itself, and, to add insult to injury, the need to constantly refresh the memory contents means that when the power gets turned off, all memory gets completely erased — core, being magnetic, was completely non-volatile, and static RAM required so little power that it could be kept alive with a simple lithium watch battery.