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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Video random-access memory stores graphics data for the graphics card and boosts performance, and is increasingly an important spec for playing modern AAA games.
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Luke Larsen, Wired News, 19 May 2025
To meet demand and to accommodate the increasing complexity of its products, Mehrotra said Micron will expand its flash-memory manufacturing in Singapore with a new building, and will add to a dynamic random-access memory plant in Hiroshima, Japan.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2025
It is believed that the iPhone 17 Air will be equipped with Apple's A19 chip and potentially have 8GB of random-access memory (RAM).
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Their work incorporated a form of error correction and a type of random-access memory (RAM).
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
For instance, for artificial intelligence training fast solid-state drives are often used for feeding data to memory, usually dynamic random-access memory that supports the fast data access required for efficient and effective use of GPUs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The fab is the first dynamic random-access memory manufacturing plant built in the United States in 20 years, Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion, previously told the Statesman.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Back then, ICs, such as random-access memory chips, were typically produced in a monthlong stop-and-go march through dozens of manual work stations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
While Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker for dynamic random-access memory chips, saw its shares drop 1.9%.
—Ryan Browne,anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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Luke Larsen, Wired News, 19 May 2025
To meet demand and to accommodate the increasing complexity of its products, Mehrotra said Micron will expand its flash-memory manufacturing in Singapore with a new building, and will add to a dynamic random-access memory plant in Hiroshima, Japan.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2025
It is believed that the iPhone 17 Air will be equipped with Apple's A19 chip and potentially have 8GB of random-access memory (RAM).
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Their work incorporated a form of error correction and a type of random-access memory (RAM).
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
For instance, for artificial intelligence training fast solid-state drives are often used for feeding data to memory, usually dynamic random-access memory that supports the fast data access required for efficient and effective use of GPUs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The fab is the first dynamic random-access memory manufacturing plant built in the United States in 20 years, Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion, previously told the Statesman.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Back then, ICs, such as random-access memory chips, were typically produced in a monthlong stop-and-go march through dozens of manual work stations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
While Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker for dynamic random-access memory chips, saw its shares drop 1.9%.
—Ryan Browne,anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Random-access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/random-access. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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