Acronym · Memory & Storage
eDRAM (Embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory)
DRAM built on or tightly beside a logic die to provide dense on-chip memory at roughly a third of SRAM's area per bit. It needs refresh logic and either deep trench or gain cell structures.
- Also known as
- Embedded DRAM
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- Domain
- Memory & Storage, Embedded memory
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IBM's POWER7 and POWER8 used deep trench eDRAM for their L3 caches, and the idea is being revisited for AI accelerators.
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