Title :
Boundary scan design for a memory controller
Author :
Harrod, P.L. ; Biggs, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Adv. RISC Machines Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A boundary-scan design that fully conforms to the IEEE 1149.1 standard has been incorporated in MEMC2, a complete memory and system controller for ARM-based systems. MEMC2 provides a two level memory management system: Level 1 Page Tables are stored on-chip for improved access speed while the larger Level 2 Tables are stored in main memory. An on-chip 64-entry Translation Lookaside Buffer of Level 2 Page Tables further improves performance by caching most recently used translations. The chip can control a large DRAM memory system; it also provides support for static RAM and ROM and provides a video interface and seven on-chip DMA channels. This device has recently been fabricated by VLSI Technology in their 1.0 μm double-level metal CMOS process and it is fully functional
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; DRAM chips; SRAM chips; buffer storage; read-only storage; storage management chips; 1.0 micron; ARM-based systems; DRAM memory system; IEEE 1149.1 standard; Level 1 Page Tables; Level 2 Page Tables; MEMC2; ROM; Translation Lookaside Buffer; VLSI Technology; access speed; boundary-scan design; caching; double-level metal CMOS process; memory controller; on-chip DMA channels; static RAM; two level memory management system; video interface;
Conference_Titel :
Application and Development of the Boundary-Scan Standard, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London