Abstract:
Scratchpad memories (SPMs) have been widely used in embedded systems to achieve comparable performance with better energy efficiency when compared to caches. Spin-transfe...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Scratchpad memories (SPMs) have been widely used in embedded systems to achieve comparable performance with better energy efficiency when compared to caches. Spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) is an emerging nonvolatile memory technology that has low-power and high-density advantages over SRAM. In this study we explore and evaluate a series of scratchpad memory architectures consisting of STT-RAM. The experimental results reveal that with optimized design, STT-RAM is an effective alternative to SRAM for scratchpad memory in low-power embedded systems.
Date of Conference: 19-23 May 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 August 2013
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- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Memory Technologies ,
- Scratchpad Memory ,
- Non-volatile Memory ,
- Spin Transfer Torque ,
- Energy Consumption ,
- Higher Density ,
- Static Method ,
- Allocation Scheme ,
- Program Execution ,
- Attractive Characteristics ,
- Memory Allocation ,
- Knapsack Problem ,
- On-chip Memory ,
- Integer Linear Programming Problem ,
- Access Latency ,
- Off-chip Memory
Contents Keywords assist with retrieval of results and provide a means to discovering other relevant content. Learn more.
- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Memory Technologies ,
- Scratchpad Memory ,
- Non-volatile Memory ,
- Spin Transfer Torque ,
- Energy Consumption ,
- Higher Density ,
- Static Method ,
- Allocation Scheme ,
- Program Execution ,
- Attractive Characteristics ,
- Memory Allocation ,
- Knapsack Problem ,
- On-chip Memory ,
- Integer Linear Programming Problem ,
- Access Latency ,
- Off-chip Memory
