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 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.
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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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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 8 Feb. 2026.
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