Optimizing SRAM IP for Yield and Reliability

Optimizing SRAM IP for Yield and Reliability

My IC design career started out with DRAM at Intel, and included SRAM embedded in GPUs, so I recall some common questions that face memory IP designers even today, like:

  • Does reading a bit flip the stored data?
  • Can I write both 0 and 1 into every cell?
  • Will read access times be met?
  • While lowering the supply voltage does the cell data retain?
  • How does my memory perform across variation?


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