Embedded memory: a key to high performance system VLSIs

The strategies for technology integration and design methodologies for embedded memory are discussed as well as testing and yield issues. Some examples of current embedded-memory developments in several representative categories are presented. Owing to rapid progress in Si technology, current high-performance system VLSIs can afford a large embedded memory on chip, which provides wide memory bandwidth, dedicated memory architecture for application, small chip count and compact system, and better system speed scalability along with Si-technology scaling