Re:Chip advances require fresh ideas, speakers say
by pkaye on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @05:36PM
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What do you mean the secret sauce for memory? And who is prevent whom from using it? Certainly Intel, AMD, and Nvidia should have access to the technology. Also I'm not an expert but there are complexities for mixing DRAM and CPU design in the same die.
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Re:Chip advances require fresh ideas, speakers say
by deepnotderp on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:35PM
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DRAM processes use slower, higher capacitance, lower leakage RCAT transistors. Not good for logic, but who cares when logic is only ~20% of your die?
The other mammoth problem however, is scaling the deep trench capacitors.
Re:Chip advances require fresh ideas, speakers say
by slededit on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:42PM
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DRAM processes do not lend themselves well to high speed. But FPGAs show that low speed with wide busses can still accomplish a lot.
However if you have a great idea for logic and dram on the same die you are unlikely to be able to do so economically since you can't get the dram IP.