| High Performance Memory Systems Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Hadimioglu, Haldun (Editor), Kaeli, David (Editor), Kuskin, Jeffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461264774 ISBN-13: 9781461264774 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Systems Architecture - General - Computers | Hardware - Mobile Devices - Computers | System Administration - Storage & Retrieval |
| Dewey: 004.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 297 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The State of Memory Technology Over the past decade there has been rapid growth in the speed of micropro- cessors. CPU speeds are approximately doubling every eighteen months, while main memory speed doubles about every ten years. The International Tech- nology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) study suggests that memory will remain on its current growth path. The ITRS short-and long-term targets indicate continued scaling improvements at about the current rate by 2016. This translates to bit densities increasing at two times every two years until the introduction of 8 gigabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, after which densities will increase four times every five years. A similar growth pattern is forecast for other high-density chip areas and high-performance logic (e.g., microprocessors and application specific inte- grated circuits (ASICs)). In the future, molecular devices, 64 gigabit DRAMs and 28 GHz clock signals are targeted. Although densities continue to grow, we still do not see significant advances that will improve memory speed. These trends have created a problem that has been labeled the Memory Wall or Memory Gap. |