Editing Semiconductor memory (section)

== Applications ==
{{See also|List of MOSFET applications}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ MOS memory applications
! style="width:20%" | MOS memory type
! {{Abbr|Abbr.|Abbreviation}}
! style="width:10%" | MOS [[Memory cell (computing)|memory cell]]
! Applications
|-
|[[Static random-access memory]]
|SRAM
|[[MOSFETs]]
|[[Cache memory]], [[cell phones]], [[eSRAM]], [[mainframes]], [[multimedia computer]]s, [[Telecommunications network|networking]], [[personal computers]], [[Server (computing)|servers]], [[supercomputers]], [[telecommunications]], [[workstations]],<ref name="Veendrick267">{{cite book |last1=Veendrick |first1=Harry |title=Deep-Submicron CMOS ICs: From Basics to ASICs |date=2000 |publisher=[[Kluwer Academic Publishers]] |isbn=9044001116 |pages=267–8 |edition=2nd |url=https://xdevs.com/doc/_Books/ASIC_Design/deep-submicron%20cmos%20ics.%20from%20basics%20to%20asics%20(veendrick-1998).pdf |access-date=2019-11-14 |archive-date=2020-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206130923/https://xdevs.com/doc/_Books/ASIC_Design/deep-submicron%20cmos%20ics.%20from%20basics%20to%20asics%20(veendrick-1998).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[DVD]] [[disk buffer]],<ref name="Veendrick315">{{cite book |last1=Veendrick |first1=Harry J. M. |title=Nanometer CMOS ICs: From Basics to ASICs |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319475974 |page=315 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv_EDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA315}}</ref>  [[data buffer]],<ref name="Veendrick264">{{cite book |last1=Veendrick |first1=Harry J. M. |title=Nanometer CMOS ICs: From Basics to ASICs |edition=2nd |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319475974 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv_EDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA264}}</ref> [[nonvolatile BIOS memory]]
|-
|[[Dynamic random-access memory]]
|DRAM
|[[MOSFET]], [[MOS capacitor]]
|[[Camcorders]], [[Embedded system|embedded logic]], [[eDRAM]], [[graphics card]], [[hard disk drive]] (HDD), networks, personal computers, [[personal digital assistants]], [[Printer (computing)|printers]],<ref name="Veendrick267"/> [[main memory|main computer memory]], [[desktop computers]], servers, [[solid-state drives]], [[video memory]],<ref name="Veendrick315"/> [[framebuffer]] memory<ref name="Shoup_SuperPaint">{{cite web |url=http://accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/PDFs/Annals_final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612215245/http://accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/PDFs/Annals_final.pdf |archive-date=2004-06-12 |title=SuperPaint: An Early Frame Buffer Graphics System |author=Richard Shoup |publisher=IEEE |work=Annals of the History of Computing |year=2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite conference |last1=Goldwasser |first1=S.M. |title=Computer Architecture For Interactive Display Of Segmented Imagery |conference=Computer Architectures for Spatially Distributed Data |date=June 1983 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=9783642821509 |pages=75–94 (81) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MuoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ferroelectric random-access memory]]
|FRAM
|MOSFET, Ferroelectric capacitor
|[[Non-volatile memory]], [[radio-frequency identification]] (RF identification), [[smart cards]]<ref name="Veendrick267"/><ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|-
|[[Read-only memory]]
|ROM
|MOSFET
|[[Character generator]]s, [[electronic musical instruments]], [[laser printer]] [[computer font|fonts]], [[video game]] [[ROM cartridge]]s, [[word processor]] [[dictionary]] data<ref name="Veendrick267"/><ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|-
|[[Erasable programmable read only memory|Erasable programmable read-only memory]]
|EPROM
|[[Floating-gate MOSFET]]
|[[CD-ROM drives]], [[embedded system|embedded]] memory, [[code]] [[Computer data storage|storage]], [[modems]]<ref name="Veendrick267"/><ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|-
|[[Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory]]
|EEPROM
|Floating-gate MOSFET
|[[Anti-lock braking system]]s, [[air bags]], [[car radio]]s, [[cell phones]], [[consumer electronics]], [[cordless telephones]], [[disk drives]], embedded memory, [[aircraft flight control system|flight controllers]], [[military technology]], modems, [[pagers]], printers, [[set-top box]], smart cards<ref name="Veendrick267"/><ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|-
|[[Flash memory]]
|Flash
|Floating-gate MOSFET
|[[Parallel ATA|ATA]] [[Microcontroller|controller]]s, [[battery-powered]] applications, telecommunications, code storage, [[digital cameras]], [[MP3 players]], [[portable media players]], BIOS memory,<ref name="Veendrick267"/> [[USB flash drive]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Windbacher |first1=Thomas |title=Flash Memory |url=http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/windbacher/node14.html |website=[[TU Wien]] |date=June 2010 |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> [[digital TV]], [[e-books]], [[memory cards]], [[mobile devices]], set-top box, [[smartphones]], solid-state drives, [[tablet computers]]<ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|-
|[[Non-volatile random-access memory]]
|NVRAM
|Floating-gate MOSFETs
|[[Medical equipment]], [[spacecraft]]<ref name="Veendrick267"/><ref name="Veendrick315"/>
|}