DocumentCode
811618
Title
Memory-a new era of fast dynamic RAMs (for video applications)
Author
Jones, F. ; Prince, B. ; Norwood, Robert ; Hartigan, J. ; Vogley, W.C. ; Hart, C.A. ; Bondurant, D.
Author_Institution
United Memories Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Volume
29
Issue
10
fYear
1992
Firstpage
43
Lastpage
45
Abstract
Innovative circuit designs intended to bring inexpensive dynamic memories up to speed are discussed. The features of video DRAMs, the high-data-rate application that spurred the development of application-specific DRAMs that utilize wide on-chip buses, are described. Several new chips use the wide data buses within DRAMs to advantage; on most of them 1024 to 4096 memory locations may be accessed in parallel. Examples are cache DRAMs, enhanced DRAMs, synchronous DRAMs, and Rambus DRAMs, all described in this report.<>
Keywords
DRAM chips; application specific integrated circuits; buffer storage; video equipment; ASIC; DRAM; Rambus DRAMs; applications; cache DRAMs; enhanced DRAMs; fast dynamic RAMs; on-chip buses; synchronous DRAMs; video DRAMs; Clocks; DRAM chips; Delay; Graphics; Manufacturing; Microprocessors; Packaging; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Transceivers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.158636
Filename
158636
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