How to Use random-access in a Sentence

random-access

adjective
  • The company’s high-bandwidth memory chips, a type of dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, are sold out for the rest of the year.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Just like laptops, cars depend on microprocessors and RAM, or random-access memory, to run all of their computations.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • One reason behind Weathers' higher earnings forecast is higher pricing in dynamic random-access memory.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Moore said that a shortage in dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, should help boost Micron’s earnings power.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
  • An index of spot prices for dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, chips has risen more than 500% since the end of August.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • High-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is faster and more complex than traditional dynamic random-access memory.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
  • These include commodity products such as dynamic random-access memory and NAND flash.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The researchers also demonstrated three-dimensional logic circuits and static random-access memory cells by connecting the layers with vertical metal links.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
  • Micron’s 2026 run of high-bandwith memory chips — a type of dynamic random-access memory used in complex, high-speed computing — is already sold out for the year, the company has said.
    — Mark Dee may 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2026
  • And yet Micron’s 2026 run of high-bandwidth memory chips — a type of dynamic random-access memory used in complex, high-speed computing — is already sold out for the year, the company has said.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2026
  • In particular, the older technology that smartphones and laptops need is called DRAM, or dynamic random-access memory.
    — Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The bank said the company's strategic pivot to chips amid the artificial intelligence buildout will take time, and investor focus on near-term risks like higher research and development costs and dynamic random-access memory shortages could weigh on the stock.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Apr. 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
  • The government’s goal is to double South Korea’s production of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) within five years.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • Consider that the original iPhone came with 128 megabytes (MB) of dynamic random-access memory, known as DRAM.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Weathers pointed to supply remaining tight within the dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, business into 2026.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In particular, a specific component called dynamic random-access memory or DRAM, which is used in AI data centers, saw a huge price spike in 2025.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2026
  • 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.
    — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Nvidia said its upcoming Groq 3 LPU hardware will draw on large quantities of static random-access memory, or SRAM, which is used by Cerebras, an AI chipmaker that filed to go public earlier this month.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • While the company is a major producer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in standard AI systems, this prototype shifts toward a neuromorphic approach.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • The problem instead lies with dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM (dee-ram), chips that support artificial intelligence, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
    — Breana Noble, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • SanDisk is essentially a storage-memory company focused on NAND flash memory, while Micron specializes in DRAM (dynamic random-access memory), including high-bandwidth memory (HBM).
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

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