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ESC – New Synopsys Universal DDR Controllers Improve Performance and Reduce Cost of Embedded DRAM Interfaces

Mountain View, Calif. – Synopsys, Inc. today announced the availability of the high-performance DesignWare Universal DDR Protocol and Memory Controllers, both supporting the DDR2, DDR3, Mobile DDR and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

DDR White Paper

DDR DRAM memory controllers have many competing demands on them. A good memory controller must improve the bandwidth of the memory interface while respecting the latency demands of the CPU, graphics, ...
Electronic Design

A Summary Of The DDR Memory Controller Standard—Wait, There Isn’t One!

The number of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) that require an interface to off-chip memory is increasing. As a result, more and more designers are turning to double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM interfaces such as ...
Electronic Design

DDR Memory-Interface Core Eases DRAM Controller Design

Although known for its proprietary and high-performance memory interfaces, most notably the RDRAM and more recently the XDR, Rambus Corp. has decided to go mainstream. The company has used its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

When DDR DRAM Is Right For Automotive Systems

Most of the processors contained within automobiles are relatively small and with modest memory requirements that can be served by SRAM and non-volatile memory. The type of computing, image processing ...