@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 12 days agothey did the math 🦀lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1671arrow-down110cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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minus-square@xthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•12 days agoIt also equates 1 bit to 1 logic gate, which I’m not sure it’s possible to create memory using that few gates unless it’s read-only. All memory cell circuits I know of require at least 2 logic gates.
minus-squarealt_xa_23linkfedilinkEnglish4•12 days agoDRAM needs 1 transistor per cell, but it loses stored data quickly, and a crab-based computer would probably be too slow to update it.
minus-square@xthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•12 days agoAh right. DRAM also requires a capacitor instead though, and I don’t know how you’d represent that with crabs. Maybe it’s possible.
It also equates 1 bit to 1 logic gate, which I’m not sure it’s possible to create memory using that few gates unless it’s read-only. All memory cell circuits I know of require at least 2 logic gates.
DRAM needs 1 transistor per cell, but it loses stored data quickly, and a crab-based computer would probably be too slow to update it.
Ah right. DRAM also requires a capacitor instead though, and I don’t know how you’d represent that with crabs. Maybe it’s possible.