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Category Archives: DDR4
IDT announces DDR4 register chip for DDR4 registered DIMMs and 3D die stacks
IDT has announced a small but essential component for the development of advanced DDR4 DIMMs: the 4RCD0124 DDR4 register. A device of this type is required for building DDR4 DIMMs to provide registered buffering. In addition, the 4RCD0124 DDR4 register … Continue reading
How ya gonna’ control that DDR4 SDRAM next year? The 28nm answer.
Cadence has just completed testing of its DDR4 SDRAM controller and PHY in two of the TSMC 28nm process technologies: 28HPM and 28HP. The DDR4 PHY exceeds the data rates needed to operate DDR-2400 SDRAMs and it is interoperable with … Continue reading
Posted in DDR, DDR3, DDR4, DRAM, LPDDR2, SDRAM
Tagged DDR3 SDRAM, DDR4 SDRAM, JEDEC, Micron, Micron Technology, Samsung, technology, TSMC
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Friday Video: A personal invitation to Memcon from Sanjay Srivastava
Want to know why you need to be at Memcon this year? Here’s Denali Software founder Sanjay Srivastava to tell you why: Now go and sign up! It’s a free ticket and includes breakfast, lunch, and some goodies—not to mention … Continue reading
Test your system design for DDR4 JEDEC compliance with this $4500 ‘Scope add-on
Agilent has just announced a compliance test application for DDR4 SDRAM system designs. The $4500 Agilent N6462A DDR4 test application accelerates bring-up and debugging of DDR4 SDRAM-based systems by automating a bevy of physical-layer I/O testing with the company’s 9000 … Continue reading
Posted in DDR, DDR4, DRAM, SDRAM
Tagged Agilent, Agilent Technologies, DDR4 SDRAM, JEDEC, Memcon, Oscilloscope
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Save the date: JEDEC DDR4 Workshop, Santa Clara, CA. October 30-31
JEDEC is sponsoring a 2-day DDR4 workshop that should interest anyone planning on using DDR4 SDRAM in next-generation designs. Day 1: DDR4 vs DDR3: Comparison Matrix Why migrate to DDR4 Power-on, initialization, and training Read/Write and refresh operation review Day … Continue reading
See the future of DRAM usage, at least until 2015. Marc Greenberg from Cadence lays it out in a video
This year at DAC, Marc Greenberg gave a presentation on the near- and medium-term future of DRAM in the ChipEstimate booth. Two separate technology paths will dominate: the PC/server space and the mobile space. By 2015, PCs and servers will … Continue reading
Posted in DDR, DDR3, DDR4, DRAM, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, Wide I/O
Tagged DDR3 SDRAM, DDR4 SDRAM, DRAM, SDRAM
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Samsung starts to sample 16Gbyte DDR4 LRDIMMs using 30nm-class DDR4 memory chips
Today, Samsung announced that it has started to sample 16Gbyte DDR4 SDRAM RDIMMs (registered DIMMs) based on its 30nm-class DDR4 SDRAM chips. Last month, the company announced sampling of 8 and 16Gbyte DDR4 modules and a 2Gbyte DDR4 module was … Continue reading
DFI 3.1 spec adds DDR4 and LPDDR3 coverage for speed and low-power benefits
Earlier this month, JEDEC published the LPDDR3 specification for the next generation of low-power SDRAM that will be used in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, ultra-thin notebooks and similar connected devices on the newest, high-speed 4G networks. The LPDDR3 … Continue reading
Micron samples DDR4 module at 2400Mtransfers/sec. Production pegged in 2013
Micron has begun sampling a DDR4 SDRAM module, which the company has said will lead the way to DDR4 availability in production equipment starting in 2013. The memory chips on the Micron DDR4 module are 30nm, 4Gbit, x8 parts operating … Continue reading
Posted in DDR4, DRAM, JEDEC, SDRAM
Tagged DDR4 SDRAM, JEDEC, Micron, Micron Technology, Nanya, SDRAM, SO-DIMM
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Will your multicore SoC hit the memory wall? Will the memory wall hit your SoC? Does it matter?
Multicore SoC and processor designs were our solution to the death of Dennard Scaling when IC process geometries dropped below 90nm, when processor speeds hit 3GHz, and when processor power consumption went off the charts. Since 2004, we’ve transformed Moore’s … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, DDR, DDR3, DDR4, DRAM, Flash, PCIe, Wide I/O
Tagged DDR SDRAM, Graphics processing unit, System-on-a-chip, X86
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DDR4 DIMM and SO-DIMM interposer modules work with Agilent logic analyzers
FuturePlus Systems has announced a pair of DDR4 SDRAM interposer modules compatible with Agilent logic analyzers to aid in hardware debugging of DDR4-based memory systems. The FS2501 interposer module works with DDR4 DIMMs at transfer rates to 2133Mtransfer/sec and the … Continue reading
Posted in DDR4, SDRAM
Tagged Agilent, Agilent Technologies, DDR4 SDRAM, DIMM, Logic analyzer, SO-DIMM
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A possible roadmap for Wide I/O that leads to 2Tbps of SDRAM memory bandwidth—per device
Cadence Product Marketing Director Marc Greenberg—one of the speakers at last week’s EDPS conference held in Monterey, California—spoke about why the Wide I/O SDRAM is probably the “killer app” that unleashes 3D IC assembly into the mainstream. Richard Goering has … Continue reading
Posted in DDR, DDR3, DDR4, DRAM, SDRAM, Wide I/O
Tagged DDR SDRAM, Double data rate, JEDEC, Memory bandwidth, Wide I/O
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Free Webinar on essential memory and storage verification IP: DDR3/4, LRDIMM, 12Gbps SAS, NVMe, Ethernet. April 10.
Verification IP (VIP) is an essential component of the development process for all ICs and systems and now you have the chance to listen to a free April 10 Webinar on applying that essential component in memory and storage applications. … Continue reading
Agilent: Memory technology has hit a wall due to physics limitations and that has implications for your designs
Last week, Agilent ran a seminar in Milpitas, California. The first of three subseminars was about memory technology with an excellent overview of the state of memory technology today. It was presented by Gordon Getty, an Agilent Application Engineer based … Continue reading
DRAMeXchange opines on six major DRAM and NAND Flash trends for 2012-2015. What do you think?
The DRAMeXchange http://www.dramexchange.com/ keeps a very close watch on the spot and contract prices for all forms of semiconductor memory including DRAM and NAND Flash devices. The group also keeps an eye on trends that may affect pricing. A couple … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, DDR3, DDR4, DRAM, Flash, HDD, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, Memcon, ONFI, Toggle
Tagged DDR3 SDRAM, Flash, Flash memory, NAND Flash, PCI Express, Ultrabook
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More DDR4, DDR3, and 3D IC technical details from ISSCC, courtesy of memory analyst and expert Jim Handy
Semiconductor memory analyst and expert Jim Handy has just published an overview of some memory papers given at last week’s ISSCC. Handy’s article on the ElectroIQ web site supplements some of the previous Denali Memory Report blog entries published earlier … Continue reading
Operational DDR4 SDRAM prototypes appear at ISSCC
As reported this week by several Web sites including Techeye.net, Samsung and Hynix both demonstrated working prototypes of DDR4 SDRAM at the ISSCC conference in San Francisco this week. The Samsung and Hynix DDR4 memories were manufactured in 30nm and … Continue reading
Posted in DDR4, SDRAM
Tagged DDR4, Elpida, Elpida Memory, Hynix, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC, Micron Technology, Samsung, SDRAM, Server memory
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LeCroy introduces DDR4 Bus and Timing Analyzer at DesignCon 2012
LeCroy’s Kibra 480 DDR bus and timing analyzer now lets you analyze bust traffic on DDR4 interfaces at the board and connector level. It is an evolution from the company’s earlier Kibra 380 DDR3 bus and timing analyzer. (See “How … Continue reading
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