random-access
adjective
ran·dom-ac·cess
ˈran-dəm-ˈak-ˌses 
: permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires
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The company’s high-bandwidth memory chips, a type of dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, are sold out for the rest of the year.
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
The problem instead lies with dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM (dee-ram), chips that support artificial intelligence, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
—Breana Noble, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
In particular, the older technology that smartphones and laptops need is called DRAM, or dynamic random-access memory.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
The company is also building a $7 billion advanced packaging plant in Singapore to produce high-bandwidth memory, a type of dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, used in AI applications.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Results from Samsung Electronics Co. last week showed that average selling prices for dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, chips jumped more than 30% quarter-over-quarter, while non-volatile flash memory, or NAND, chips rose about 20%.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
In particular the Marvell talk focused on a method for increasing the capacity and bandwidth of static random-access memory, SRAM.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
The problem instead lies with dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM (dee-ram), chips that support artificial intelligence, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
—Breana Noble, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
In particular, the older technology that smartphones and laptops need is called DRAM, or dynamic random-access memory.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
The company is also building a $7 billion advanced packaging plant in Singapore to produce high-bandwidth memory, a type of dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, used in AI applications.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Results from Samsung Electronics Co. last week showed that average selling prices for dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, chips jumped more than 30% quarter-over-quarter, while non-volatile flash memory, or NAND, chips rose about 20%.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
In particular the Marvell talk focused on a method for increasing the capacity and bandwidth of static random-access memory, SRAM.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Random-access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/random-access. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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