EDN

Building a better memory controller: architectural performance exploration of an AXI memory controller

Communicationbetween processors and memories is often a major bottleneck, making the designof the memory controller a critical task in determining overall system-levelperformance. The memory ...
EDN

DDR3 memory interface controller IP speeds data processing applications

DDR3 memory systems can provide a significant performance boost to a variety of data processing applications. However, compared to previous generations (DDR and DDR2), DDR3 memory devices have some ...
Design-Reuse

Smart way to memory controller verification: Synopsys Memory VIP

Today verification team are facing contradicting pressure, at one end they are asked to reduce the verification schedule while at other end the design complexity is increasing. To overcome the ...
Design-Reuse

Design Considerations for High Bandwidth Memory Controller

High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a high-performance 3D-stacked DRAM. It is a technology which stacks up DRAM chips (memory die) vertically on a high speed logic layer which are connected by vertical ...
CNET

Why Intel doesn't include a memory controller on its chips

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. If you want to know why Intel doesn't include a ...
Electronic Design

Leverage High-Frequency Source-Synchronous Memory in SoC Design

Download this article in PDF format. Today’s embedded systems require high external memory bandwidth to achieve fast boot time and application loading time with minimal cost. Historically, ...