Title :
Intelligent RAM (IRAM): the industrial setting, applications, and architectures
Author :
Patterson, David ; Asanovic, Krste ; Brown, Aaron ; Fromm, Richard ; Golbus, Jason ; Gribstad, Benjamin ; Keeton, Kimberly ; Kozyrakis, Christoforos ; Martin, David ; Perissakis, Stylianos ; Thomas, Randi ; Treuhaft, Noah ; Yelick, Katherine
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Div., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
The goal of intelligent RAM (IRAM) is to design a cost-effective computer by designing a processor in a memory fabrication process, instead of in a conventional logic fabrication process, and include memory on-chip. To design a processor in a DRAM process one must learn about the business and culture of the DRAMs, which is quite different from microprocessors. The authors describe some of those differences and their current vision of IRAM applications, architectures, and implementations
Keywords :
memory architecture; random-access storage; storage management chips; architectures; cost-effective computer; intelligent RAM; memory fabrication process; on-chip memory; processor design; Application software; Costs; Fabrication; Logic design; Logic testing; Microprocessors; Plastic packaging; Process design; Random access memory; Read-write memory;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1997. ICCD '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8206-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1997.628842
