HARDWARES

HARDWARES

Memory and
Storage Devices
Overview
Memory and Storage Devices
 They help in memory for storing and perform fast
performance of the software and hardware.
 Random Access Memory (RAM)
 Read-Only Memory (ROM)
 Hard Disks
 Flash Memory or Thumb Drives
 CD-ROM Discs
 Digital Versatile Discs (DVD)
 Blu-ray Discs
Random Access Memory (RAM)
 Volatile(Changeable) Memory
 Helps to keep multiple applications and files open
simultaneously.
 A fast processor without enough RAM may waste
processor cycles .
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
 Its is Non-Volatile
 Used to hold small BIOS program that initially boot up
the computer and it is used in printers to hold built in
fonts.
 Programmable ROMs (called EPROMs) allow changes to
be made that are not forgotten when power is turned off.
 Eg. Date change in computer.
Hard Disks
 Storage space for your production environment can be
provided by large-capacity hard disks.
 Now the capacity of Hard disk is in TB(Terabytes).
 Now internal and external hard disks are available.
Flash Memory or Thumb Drives
 About the size of a thin cigarette lighter or below
 They can be connected with PCs with the help of USB or
FireWire interfaces to store from eight megabytes to
several GB of data.
 This same solid-state storage is used in digital cameras,
cell phones, and audio recording devices, etc.
CD-ROM Discs
 Their max capacity is 700MB.
 This CD’s are read using CD-ROM players.
 These players have become an integral part of the
multimedia development workstation .
 24x, 48x, and 56x speed drives are designed .
 A CD-RW (read and write) recorder can rewrite 700MB of
data to a CD-RW disc about 1,000 times.
 Eg: Audio CD, VCD films
Digital Versatile Discs (DVD)
 They are new optical disc technology for distribution of
multimedia and feature-length movies called Digital
Versatile Disc (DVD). (introduced in Dec 1995)
 Their normal capacity is about 4.7 GB.
 Now 8 GB (Dual layer) available.
 There are three types of DVD, including DVD-Read Write,
DVD-Video, and DVD-ROM.
Blu-ray Discs
 Driven by the implementation of High Definition TV
(HDTV) , a new technology was needed to increase
storage capacity and throughput beyond DVD.
 Blu-ray is promoted not only for high definition television
recording and high definition video distribution, but also
for high definition camcorder archiving, mass data
storage, etc.
 Capacity is 25 gigabytes/single layer.
 Capacity is 1 Tb/dual layer.