FIFOs - Innovation Through Architecture

Performance in SRAM based designs usually depends on applying a given process technology to a well known architecture. This is so because the key word in SRAM is random - the memory must meet its specifications for any pattern of accesses. FIFOs are a class of SRAM specialty memories with predictable patterns of address accesses. FIFO architectures which take advantage of this predictability permit faster parts, or parts with better speed/power trade-off in any given process than standard FIFO designs.