• DocumentCode
    1055035
  • Title

    2 GHz 2 Mb 2T Gain Cell Memory Macro With 128 GBytes/sec Bandwidth in a 65 nm Logic Process Technology

  • Author

    Somasekhar, Dinesh ; Yibin Ye ; Aseron, Paolo ; Lu, Shih-Lien ; Khellah, Muhammad M. ; Howard, Jason ; Ruhl, Greg ; Karnik, Tanay ; Borkar, Shekhar ; De, Vivek K. ; Keshavarzi, Ali

  • Author_Institution
    Circuit Res. Labs., Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Lastpage
    185
  • Abstract
    We present 2 Mb 2T PMOS gain cell macro on 65 nm logic process that has high bandwidth of 128 GBytes/sec, fast cycle time of 2 ns and 6-clock cycles access time at 2 GHz. Macro features a full-rate pipelined architecture, ground precharge bitline, non-destructive read-out, partial write support and 128-row refresh to tolerate short refresh time. Cell is 2X denser than SRAM and is voltage compatible with logic.
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; logic design; logic devices; pipeline processing; 2T gain cell memory macro; byte rate 128 GByte/s; eDRAM cells; frequency 2 MHz; ground precharge bitline; logic process technology; non-destructive read-out; partial write support; pipelined architecture; size 65 nm; Bandwidth; Circuits; Clocks; Costs; Engines; Ground support; Logic; Microprocessors; Random access memory; Voltage; 2T cell; 3T cell; Bandwidth; dram; eDRAM; gain cell; memory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.2008.2007155
  • Filename
    4735548