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Figure 4-6 That’s a lot of real estate used by RAM chips!

DRAM manufacturers responded by creating wider DRAM chips, such as

×4, ×8, and ×16, and putting multiples of them on a small circuit board called

a stick or module. Figure 4-7 shows an early stick, called a single inline

memory module (SIMM), with eight DRAM chips. To add RAM to a modern

machine, you need to get the right stick or sticks for the particular

motherboard. Your motherboard manual tells you precisely what sort of

module you need and how much RAM you can install.

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