• DocumentCode
    498051
  • Title

    A 4.3GB/s mobile memory interface with power-efficient bandwidth scaling

  • Author

    Palmer, Robert ; Poulton, John ; Leibowitz, Brian ; Frans, Yohan ; Li, Simon ; Fuller, Andrew ; Eyles, John ; Wilson, John ; Aleksic, Marko ; Greer, Trey ; Bucher, Michael ; Nguyen, Nhat

  • Author_Institution
    Rambus Inc., 4440 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA 94022, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    16-18 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    137
  • Abstract
    A 4.3GB/s mobile memory interface built in TSMC 40nm LP CMOS uses burst transactions and low power states to enable power-efficient bandwidth scaling. A pausable clocking architecture enables fast power state transitions. The controller interface achieves 3.3mW/Gb/s power efficiency at 4.3GB/s data bandwidth, and supports better than 5mW/Gb/s operation over a range from 0.03 to 4.3GB/s.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; CMOS logic circuits; Clocks; Energy management; Memory management; Packaging; Phase locked loops; Power system management; Random access memory; Transceivers; I/O; low power; memory; power management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2009 Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3307-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-86348-001-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5205545