Title
eDRAM-based tiered-reliability memory with applications to low-power frame buffers
Abstract
Embedded DRAM (eDRAM) is becoming more and more popular as a low-cost alternative to on-chip SRAM. eDRAM is particularly attractive for frame buffers in video applications with ever increasing screen resolutions. However, eDRAM suffers short retention time and high refresh power, which prevents its widespread adoption. To save the refresh power of eDRAM-based frame buffers, we propose Tiered-Reliability Memory (TRM), where the frame buffer is divided into multiple segments with different refresh periods and hence different error rates. By allocating most-significant bits to the most reliable segment, our four-tier TRM reduces refresh power by 48% without degrading user experience.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2627369.2627626
ISLPED
Keywords
Field
DocType
edram,refresh,framebu er,semiconductor memories,error tolerance,reliability,system on chip,degradation
Dram,Video recording,System on a chip,Display resolution,CPU cache,Computer science,Real-time computing,Static random-access memory,eDRAM,Computer hardware,Embedded system,Memory refresh
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1533-4678
6
0.53
References 
Authors
21
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kyungsang Cho160.53
Yongjun Lee2393.49
Young H. Oh3131.33
Gyoocheol Hwang4348.51
Jae W. Lee560752.37