Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips are faster than DRAM chips because they ____.
A) transfer data twice for each clock cycle
B) are synchronized to the system clock
C) do not have to be re-energized as often
D) use pipelining techniques

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Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips are synchronized to the system clock, which means that they are able to send and receive data on every clock cycle without having to wait for the next cycle. This makes them faster than DRAM chips, which are not synchronized to the system clock and may have to wait for the next cycle to transfer data. A, C, and D are not accurate descriptions of the technological differences between SDRAM and DRAM.

Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) Chips Are Faster Than DRAM Chips Because