Micron, Broadcom look to solve dram timing challenges
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Micron and Broadcom are working to overcome restrictions associated with<sup> t</sup>FAW - a ddr3 timing parameter that restricts bandwidth in server, storage and networking applications.
"With every new dram generation, the access granularity is becoming double, causing some timing parameters like tRDD and tFAW to restrict data throughput," said Micron in a statement. "This creates challenges for high performance applications because no more than four bank activate commands can be issued in any given tFAW period."
To solve these challenges, Micron has created a solution which it says reduces the tFAW value from 35 to 30ns for a 2KB page size.
The device has been validated by Broadcom and is expected to improve operations per second by 18%.
"OEMs today continue to tackle the challenge of an ever increasing volume, velocity and variety of data," said Robert Feurle, vice president of dram marketing at Micron. "We are delighted to be working with Broadcom to validate a solution that helps alleviate the throughput challenge for our mutual customers."
