Characterisation of an Associative Memory Chip for high-energy physics experiments

Author

Andreani, Alessandro ; Annovi, A. ; Beccherle, Roberto ; Beretta, M. ; Biesuz, Nicolo ; Citterio, M. ; Crescioli, Francesco ; Giannetti, P. ; Liberali, Valentino ; Shojaii, Seyedruhollah ; Stabile, Antonino

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Univ. degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 May 2014

Firstpage

1487

Lastpage

1491

Abstract

This paper presents the approach used to characterize an Associative Memory Chip (AMChip) designed for the trigger systems of high-energy physics experiments in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Pattern recognition is performed with Associative Memories (AM). A dedicated integrated circuit has been designed, fabricated and tested to verify that the proposed solution meets area, speed and current consumption requirements.

Keywords

content-addressable storage; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit manufacture; integrated circuit testing; pattern recognition; semiconductor storage; AMChip; CERN; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; associative memory chip; high-energy physics experiments; integrated circuit; pattern recognition; trigger systems; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Field programmable gate arrays; Pattern matching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Montevideo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860993

Filename

6860993