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While I don't have a reliable source at hand, it should be obvious that semiconductor memory is not intrinsically random-access. See charge-coupled device and bubble memory. The issue is that there are many sources that state otherwise. This is however not because semiconductor memory is intrinsically random-access, but because of the nature of those sources. These sources tend to be modern textbooks, and currently, there aren't any sequential-access semiconductor memories available, so there is a tendency to ignore historical sequential-access semiconductor memories. This does not mean that a statement claiming an intrinsic property of semiconductor memory is random-access is true. AZ1199 ( talk) 01:11, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
@ Aalagappan: @ 96.255.239.9: The recently added Memory Selection Criteria section, while it looks like it has lots of good information, is not written in the style of an encyclopedia article, but more as a selection manual or application guide for engineers. The first sentence is:
Many of the following bullet points are couched as advice, and many of the terms and acronyms are not explained. Wikipedia is not supposed to be a manual ( WP:NOTMANUAL) or DIY or application guide ( WP:NOTHOWTO). Most of the readers of this article are going to be nontechnically educated, and will be confused when their encyclopedia article morphs into an engineering application note. Could you please rewrite this section to be more appropriate for a general encyclopedia? Perhaps you could rewrite it as a glossary of terms that appear in memory chip datasheets, with a nontechnical explanation of each one. Thanks -- Chetvorno TALK 23:33, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Also the section has no sources, and the title does not conform to WP:MOS standards. Section titles are written in WP:SENTENCECASE with only the first letter capitalized; as "Memory selection criteria". Thanks -- Chetvorno TALK 23:40, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
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While I don't have a reliable source at hand, it should be obvious that semiconductor memory is not intrinsically random-access. See charge-coupled device and bubble memory. The issue is that there are many sources that state otherwise. This is however not because semiconductor memory is intrinsically random-access, but because of the nature of those sources. These sources tend to be modern textbooks, and currently, there aren't any sequential-access semiconductor memories available, so there is a tendency to ignore historical sequential-access semiconductor memories. This does not mean that a statement claiming an intrinsic property of semiconductor memory is random-access is true. AZ1199 ( talk) 01:11, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
@ Aalagappan: @ 96.255.239.9: The recently added Memory Selection Criteria section, while it looks like it has lots of good information, is not written in the style of an encyclopedia article, but more as a selection manual or application guide for engineers. The first sentence is:
Many of the following bullet points are couched as advice, and many of the terms and acronyms are not explained. Wikipedia is not supposed to be a manual ( WP:NOTMANUAL) or DIY or application guide ( WP:NOTHOWTO). Most of the readers of this article are going to be nontechnically educated, and will be confused when their encyclopedia article morphs into an engineering application note. Could you please rewrite this section to be more appropriate for a general encyclopedia? Perhaps you could rewrite it as a glossary of terms that appear in memory chip datasheets, with a nontechnical explanation of each one. Thanks -- Chetvorno TALK 23:33, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Also the section has no sources, and the title does not conform to WP:MOS standards. Section titles are written in WP:SENTENCECASE with only the first letter capitalized; as "Memory selection criteria". Thanks -- Chetvorno TALK 23:40, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
This article was the subject of an educational assignment at Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, College of Engineering, Pune, India supported by Wikipedia Ambassadors through the India Education Program during the 2011 Q3 term. Further details are available on the course page.
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