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In issue #1, the RAM types were fixed in one place, but they are still backwards above. It currently says

System memory is made of SRAM cells. Cache memory on the other hand are made of DRAM cells which is much faster than DRAMs.

but it should say

System memory is made of DRAM cells. Cache memory on the other hand is made of SRAM cells which is much faster than DRAMs.

The data the powers the wonderful site is available as an xml file. It might be of interest.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/intrinsics-guide/index.html#

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/public/us/en/include/intrinsics-guide/data-3-6-3.xml

SRAM used in system memories
DRAM used in cache memories

this is the opposite of how things work - DRAM is used in system memories, and SRAM is used in caches.