• DocumentCode
    2533003
  • Title

    Dual-VT SRAM cells with full-swing single-ended bit line sensing for high-performance on-chip cache in 0.13 μm technology generation

  • Author

    Hamzaoglu, Fatih ; Ye, Yibin ; Keshavarzi, Ali ; Zhang, Kevin ; Narendra, Siva ; Borkar, Shekhar ; Stan, Mircea ; De, Vivek

  • Author_Institution
    Microprocessor Res. Labs., Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    Comparisons among different dual-VT design choices for a large on-chip cache with single-ended sensing show that the design using a dual-VT cell and low-VT peripheral circuits is the best, and provides 10% performance gain with 1.2x larger active leakage power, and 1.6% larger cell area compared to the best design using high-VT cells.
  • Keywords
    SRAM chips; cache storage; computer power supplies; delays; electrical faults; integrated circuit design; semiconductor device noise; 0.13 μm technology; 0.13 mum; 10% performance gain; dual-VT SRAM; full-swing single-ended bit line sensing; high-VT cells; high-performance on-chip cache; leakage; low-VT peripheral circuits; noise; single-ended sensing; Bismuth; Degradation; Delay effects; Delay lines; Inverters; Leakage current; MOS devices; Random access memory; Stability; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Low Power Electronics and Design, 2000. ISLPED '00. Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-58113-190-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPE.2000.155246
  • Filename
    876750