Specialty Memories for Graphics

• SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics RAM)

  • Single Ported Synchronous DRAM with support for fill operations, fast operation

• VRAM (Video RAM)

  • Dual Ported DRAM - parallel port for random access and serial output port (locations accessed sequentially

• WRAM (Windowed RAM)

  • VRAM with better fill operation support

• 3D-RAM

  • ASM (Application Specific Memory) with support for rasterization portion of OpenGL pipeline

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