Micron Technology heeft gisteren aangekondigd dat het is begonnen met de levering van supersnelle Quad Data Rate SRAM samples met een capaciteit van 9Mbit en een datarate van 333MHz. Deze snelheid wordt bereikt door het principe van dual ported VRAM te combineren met DDR. QDR maakt gebruik van twee gescheiden read en write ports, waardoor lees en schrijf opdrachten tegelijkertijd de chip binnen gepompt kunnen worden. De theoretisch viervoudige snelheid wordt dus uitsluitend bereikt in situaties waarbij er sprake is van een redelijk evenwicht tussen lees en schrijf acties.
Als toepassing van de QDR chips noemt Micron vooral netwerkspullen zoals snelle switches en routers. Omdat de kloksnelheid beperkt is gebleven tot 166MHz, kunnen de chips met weinig aanpassingen in bestaande designs geplakt worden:
Micron Technology Inc. today announced sample availability of Quad Data Rate (QDR) SRAM, an 8 Mbit device organized as 512K x 18 with the capability to deliver data as fast as 333 MHz. The QDR SRAM is a new architecture for future high-performance communications applications, specifically targeting next generation switches and routers operating at data rates above 200 MHz.
"The relentlessly expanding amount of information traveling over the Internet is creating the need for faster systems capable of routing and switching thereby increasing the amount of data across the globe," said Bob Donnelly, Micron Technology Inc.'s Vice-President of Memory Products. "The QDR device is specifically designed to simplify system designs while providing the highest bandwidth in these read/write intensive applications."
"QDR SRAM is a great solution setting new performance standards for the next generation networking high-bandwidth applications," said Jerry Johnson, Micron Technology Inc.'s SRAM Marketing Manager. "It eliminates the design issues of bus turnaround while providing exceptional bandwidth. This is accomplished by utilizing separate IO and simultaneous read while write."
In an effort to create true multiple sources quickly in the marketplace, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY), IDT, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDTI) and Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE: MU) cooperated in the development of the QDR architecture. The co-development effort extends beyond simple data sheet compliance to exchanging design simulations, test vectors, test methodologies, characterization plans and common packaging support. In order to assure customers of multiple, compatible sources, the three companies defined initial roadmaps and migration paths spanning to the 128-Mbit density.
The companies also standardized on the space-saving 13-mm x 15-mm fBGA package. Each vendor designs and manufactures the devices in its own technology and fabrication facilities. Cypress and IDT anticipate making specific product availability announcements shortly. More information on the QDR SRAM technology can be obtained at www.QDRSRAM.com.
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Meer info over de werking van QDR vind je in dit PDFje op QDRSDRAM.com.