Title :
A new approach for a superconducting RAM memory design
Author :
Smith, Stuart H., Jr. ; Krad, Hasan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., New Orleans Univ., LA, USA
Abstract :
A brief background of conventional superconductive random access memories (RAMs) and their drawbacks is given. The original node-pair concept is briefly reviewed, and the principles and operation of a 4.3×109×32-b superconductive node-pair RAM (which is fully accessed by 1280 decoded address lines and is automatically refreshed after each read/write cycle) are discussed at length. An alternative superconductive circuit design which does not need refreshing after each read/write cycle and is well suited for read-only memory (ROM) operation when a room-temperature superconductor becomes available is discussed
Keywords :
random-access storage; superconducting junction devices; superconducting memory circuits; 128 Gbit; RAM memory design; ROM operation; node-pair RAM; random access memories; read-only memory; superconductive circuit design; Computer science; Detectors; Joining processes; Magnetic sensors; Proposals; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Superconductivity; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1990.117837
