DocumentCode
2169614
Title
Read and write circuit assist techniques for improving Vccmin of dense 6T SRAM cell
Author
Khellah, Muhammad M. ; Keshavarzi, Ali ; Somasekhar, Dinesh ; Karnik, Tanay ; De, Vivek
Author_Institution
Circuits Res. Lab., Intel Corp, Hillsboro, OR
fYear
2008
fDate
2-4 June 2008
Firstpage
185
Lastpage
188
Abstract
We review circuit techniques aimed at improving read and write stability of the smallest 6T SRAM cell typically used in microprocessorpsilas Last Level cache (LLC). We qualitatively compare three main approaches and give a designerpsilas perspective on the pros and cons of the different schemes.
Keywords
SRAM chips; cache storage; circuit stability; dense 6T SRAM cell; last level cache; microprocessor; read and write circuit; read and write stability; Circuits; Decision support systems; Random access memory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integrated Circuit Design and Technology and Tutorial, 2008. ICICDT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1810-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1811-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICICDT.2008.4567275
Filename
4567275
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