Title :
Pinnacle: IBM MXT in a memory controller chip
Author :
Tremaine, R. Brett ; Smith, T. Basil ; Wazlowski, Mike ; Har, David ; Mak, Kwok-Ken ; Arramreddy, Sujith
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorkbourn Heights, NT, USA
Abstract :
Pinnacle leverages state-of-the-art technologies to establish a low-cost, high-performance single-chip memory controller. The chip uses IBM´s memory expansion technology system architecture, which more than doubles the installed main memory´s effective size without adding significant cost or degrading performance
Keywords :
integrated memory circuits; memory architecture; memory expansion boards; IBM MXT; Pinnacle; memory controller chip; single-chip memory controller; Bridges; Computer architecture; Control systems; Costs; DRAM chips; Degradation; Delay; Memory architecture; Random access memory; System performance;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
