Title :
Trends on the application of emerging nonvolatile memory to processors and programmable devices
Author :
Torres, L. ; Brum, Raphael M. ; Cargnini, Luis Vitorio ; Sassatelli, Gilles
Author_Institution :
LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
Abstract :
A number of non-volatile memory technologies (NVMs) emerged in the past years. They promise to cope with limitations of standard memory technologies, such as scalability and idle power consumption. Numerous logic circuits based on these emerging technology have been proposed and prototyped in the last years. In this paper, we present an overview and current status of these logic circuits and discuss their potential applications in this field. In the first part, this article provides a survey on the application of those memories to programmable devices. The second section is dedicated to the use of NVMs in the processor´s memory hierarchy, where we discuss potential applications based on a preliminary study we performed. Results were obtained using TAS-MRAM NVM technology.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; random-access storage; TAS-MRAM NVM technology; circuit scalability; idle power consumption; logic circuit; nonvolatile memory; processor memory hierarchy; programmable device; CMOS integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Field programmable gate arrays; Microprocessors; Nonvolatile memory; Program processors; Random access memory; Cache Memory; FPGA; FeRAM; MRAM; Memory-in-logic; NVM; PCM; RRAM;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5760-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2013.6571792