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Nintendo Entertainment System video RAM

2 KiB of writable memory attached to the picture processor.

Manufacturer
Nintendo
Architecture
Static RAM
Word size
8 bit
Type
Static RAM
Record status
approved

Figures

Nintendo Entertainment System video RAM: recorded figures
Metric Value Evidence Basis Method Source
Memory capacity memory 2 KiB Confirmed Vendor-rated Design capacity Stated by the vendor Static video RAM addressable by the picture processor. Memory attached to the picture processor rather than to the processor, and a term of the machine's memory all the same: Nintendo lists it in the same row as the work memory and in the same amount.

Derived comparisons

4096 B

Formula
a + b + … sum v1
Inputs
  • nes-ram Memory capacity: 2 KiB
  • nes-video-ram Memory capacity: 2 KiB
Rounding
none , 4 significant digits

Adds 2 memory-capacity figures obtained by design-capacity. Left out: not applicable (removable program storage, not memory the console can write to). A total is only as trustworthy as the decision about what belongs in it, so both the terms and the exclusions are named records.

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