May 28, 2008 11:25
16 yrs ago
Japanese term

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Most of DRAM-based semiconductor circuits are (currently) synchronized with the clock (signal).

What about:

Most of DRAM-based semiconductor circuits are (currently) synchronized with the clock (signal).

I am not sure what DRAMの半導体装置 really is. If you say "semiconductor equipment," it sounds like semionductor device fabrication equioment, and I don't think this is the case.

As a matter of how you translate it, I guess you could say something like, "The (current) mainstream of DRAM-based semiconductor cirsuits are of the type that synchronizes with the clock signal" to be more faithful to the original. I think this is unnecessarily wordy in English. Would you agree?
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jean-Christophe Helary : DRAM _are_ semiconductor devices :)
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agree Ruth Sato : I like this but "of" is not necessary.
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disagree Maynard Hogg : Most? Not a very good gloss for 主流.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Yuki-san, and thanks to Jean-Christophe and Ruth too:-) "
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DRAM semiconductor device synchronized with the clock

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Most of DRAM semiconductor devices are synchronized with the (system)clock

DRAM-Dynamic Random Access Memory

Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) is faster because it is synchronized to the system clock, 7.5 ns; DDR SDRAM, 3ns; RDRAM (Intel and Rambus is trying to push), ...
ww2.cis.temple.edu/laurie/class/architecture.ppt
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neutral Maynard Hogg : System appears nowhere in the Japanese.
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Most DRAM-based semiconductor devices are synchronized with the system clock.

Due to the context, I feel that "system" should be added.

http://www.eetasia.com/ARTICLES/2002DEC/A/2002DEC06_PL_MEM_A...
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semiconductor devices operating in sync with a clock signal predominate DRAMs

I had to laugh at the 装置 bit because, in the semiconductor business, we don't call DRAMs "chips." They're "devices."

BTW, "synchronized with the clock signal" gets things backwards. The clock signal "drives" the device's circuits. Yes, the result is synchronization, but...

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
Space is what prevents everything from happening to me.
* Attributed to John Archibald Wheeler
Peer comment(s):

neutral Raitei : Somehow I cannot get my brain around this wording. The way it is written, it can be interpreted that semiconductor devices and DRAMs are two different things (Buffet spreads at sushi restaurants predominates Vancouver's lower mainland.)
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