I was already on the edge with Firefox because of the insecurity of the plugin architecture, but when stupid power games forced the CEO out because of an unpopular political contribution, I bailed out entirely. I also changed the default browser on all the computers I manage for family / friends to Chrome.
Assuming that I am not the only one, exactly how did this benefit Mozilla corporation?
"Hello, welcome to the bigotry department. May I help you?"
"Ah, yes... directions. Now what type of bigotry are we talking about here? Linux? MacOS? Windows?...or could it be OS2?"
"None of those, you say. How about Open source, or could it be some form of proprietary flavor? MS Office? Open Office?"
"No? Maybe Netware versus IP?"
"Ah, I've got it, it must be hardware. You must be a PowerPC bigot."
"What? Mormon? I'm sorry, this is Slashdot. We don's handle that kind of religion here."
Here is chapter and verse from a solid reference, not just my word. "So, all in all, designing with and using DRAM is more complex than SRAM. However, their much larger capacities and much lower power consumption make DRAM the memory of choice in systems where the most important design considerations are the keeping down of size, cost, and power." (from the text "Digital Design, Principals and Applications" by Ronald J. Tocci)
If it just 'needs a voltage to be maintained' across any practical circuit, then there is current associated with that voltage and thus power is consumed. Please be more aware of the facts before attempting to correct a post.
SRAM is MUCH more power hungry than DRAM. In SRAM, there are at least 6 transistors that must be powered continually to retain the memory, while in DRAM there is typically a single transistor and a capacitor which is charged up to retain the memory. DRAM only needs power occasionally, to refresh the capacitor. Size and power both favor DRAM. Speed has favored SRAM.
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I was already on the edge with Firefox because of the insecurity of the plugin architecture, but when stupid power games forced the CEO out because of an unpopular political contribution, I bailed out entirely. I also changed the default browser on all the computers I manage for family / friends to Chrome.
Assuming that I am not the only one, exactly how did this benefit Mozilla corporation?
"Hello, welcome to the bigotry department. May I help you?" "Ah, yes... directions. Now what type of bigotry are we talking about here? Linux? MacOS? Windows? ...or could it be OS2?"
"None of those, you say. How about Open source, or could it be some form of proprietary flavor? MS Office? Open Office?"
"No? Maybe Netware versus IP?"
"Ah, I've got it, it must be hardware. You must be a PowerPC bigot."
"What? Mormon? I'm sorry, this is Slashdot. We don's handle that kind of religion here."
Here is chapter and verse from a solid reference, not just my word. "So, all in all, designing with and using DRAM is more complex than SRAM. However, their much larger capacities and much lower power consumption make DRAM the memory of choice in systems where the most important design considerations are the keeping down of size, cost, and power." (from the text "Digital Design, Principals and Applications" by Ronald J. Tocci) If it just 'needs a voltage to be maintained' across any practical circuit, then there is current associated with that voltage and thus power is consumed. Please be more aware of the facts before attempting to correct a post.
SRAM is MUCH more power hungry than DRAM. In SRAM, there are at least 6 transistors that must be powered continually to retain the memory, while in DRAM there is typically a single transistor and a capacitor which is charged up to retain the memory. DRAM only needs power occasionally, to refresh the capacitor. Size and power both favor DRAM. Speed has favored SRAM.