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        3 hours ago

        And TVs, and internet, and pretty much everything that uses modern technologies.

        Your TV needs DRAM because unlike CRT TVs receiving analogue signal that gets fed into the cathode tube, you now have digital signals (not to mention streaming and smart TV parts), which needs to be decoded into memory then sent to a display controller (which also takes DRAM).

        Every single networking equipment needs DRAM for temporary storage that isn’t a simple bridge controller (i.e. a basic network switch). Including your router.