>
> >Hello Listmembers,
> >
> >Can someone share with me the difference between EDO and SDRAM?
>  I am interested in knowing which is better.
> >
>
> SDRAM is better.  EDO is an upgrade to standard Fast-page mode
> SIMMS.  It keeps a bit accessable while getting the next one,
> fast-page can only handle one at a time.  By doing this, EDO
> gets around 45-50 nanoseconds between each memory read.  SDRAM
> on th other hand runs at the bus speed.  This will give you
> about 10-15 nanoseconds between memory reads on a 66MHZ bus
> (most older chips), and 8 nanoseconds on a 100MHZ bus (new
> (350-) PII's and K6-2's).  (a nanoseconed is 1/1000000 of a
> second).


Whoops!  That is a microsecond.

A nanosecond is 1/1,000,000,000 second.

Boyd Ramsay

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