fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agothey did the math 🦀lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down19cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoIt also equates 1 bit to 1 logic gate, which I’m not sure it’s possible to create memory using that few gates unless it’s read-only. All memory cell circuits I know of require at least 2 logic gates.
minus-squarealt_xa_23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoDRAM needs 1 transistor per cell, but it loses stored data quickly, and a crab-based computer would probably be too slow to update it.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoAh right. DRAM also requires a capacitor instead though, and I don’t know how you’d represent that with crabs. Maybe it’s possible.
It also equates 1 bit to 1 logic gate, which I’m not sure it’s possible to create memory using that few gates unless it’s read-only. All memory cell circuits I know of require at least 2 logic gates.
DRAM needs 1 transistor per cell, but it loses stored data quickly, and a crab-based computer would probably be too slow to update it.
Ah right. DRAM also requires a capacitor instead though, and I don’t know how you’d represent that with crabs. Maybe it’s possible.