At the heart of the LRDIMM (load-reduced dual inline memory module) technology is the memory buffer. Figure 1 shows a high-level conceptual drawing of an LRDIMM, featuring one memory buffer on the ...

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, ...

DDR SDRAM technology has reached its 4th generation. The DDR4 SDRAM interface achieves a maximum data rate of 3.6Gbps per bit (i.e., clock rate of 1.8GHz). There are four key challenges in designing ...