摘要:
A cache system comprising a cache tag buffer 270 for storing a part of a cache tag memory 260. When a memory processing request is issued from a processor 10, a cache control means 280 retrieves both of the cache tag memory 260 and the cache tag buffer 270. If a target cache block is present in the cache tag buffer 270, then, without waiting for a retrieval result of the cache tag memory 260, the cache control circuit 280 accesses the cache data memory 250 using information of the cache block.
摘要:
A cache controller stores pre-set variables for pre-fetch block size and stride value. A cache controller receives an access request for the main memory from the processor, and generates a pre-fetch request based an the access request and the variables. The cache controller reads data from main memory based on the generated pre-fetch request and writes this data to the cache memory.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a level shift circuit includes a plurality of level shift units which are connected to each other and in which the delay time of the rising edge of an output voltage is different from the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage. The delay time of the rising edge of the output voltage from the previous level shift unit is compensated by the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage from the next level shift unit, and the delay time of the falling edge of the output voltage from the previous level shift unit is compensated by the delay time of the rising edge of the output voltage from the next level shift unit.
摘要:
An output buffer circuit in accordance with an embodiment comprises a plurality of buffer circuits, each of the buffer circuits including a transistor operative to change an output signal of an output terminal in response to a change in an input signal, the output buffer circuit being configured to enable the plurality of buffer circuits to be driven selectively. Each of the plurality of buffer circuits includes a plurality of output transistors having respective current paths formed in parallel to one another between a fixed voltage terminal supplying a certain fixed voltage and an output terminal, and being selectively rendered in an operable state in accordance with a control signal provided from external. The plurality of output transistors included in each of the plurality of buffer circuits are formed having a certain size ratio.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes first and second level shift circuits. The first level shifter includes a plurality of transistors and is connected to a power source voltage supply node of a first power source system and to which a first signal of a second power source system and a level inversion signal of the first signal are input. The second level shifter includes a plurality of transistors and is connected to the power source voltage supply node of the first power source system and to which the level inversion signal of the first signal of the second power source system and an output signal of the first level shifter are input. The first and second level shifters have substantially the same circuit configuration and driving abilities of corresponding ones of the transistors in the first and second level shifters are substantially set equal.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein a semiconductor chip is mounted on a lead frame including a plurality of lead lines, and terminals included in the semiconductor chip are connected to the lead lines, thereby to manufacture the semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: arranging distal end parts of the plurality of lead lines at equal intervals along a direction of a first axis, the distal end parts being connected with the terminals included in the semiconductor chip; arranging terminal parts for inputting/outputting signals, at equal intervals along a direction of a second axis; shaping intermediate parts for connecting the distal end parts and the terminal parts, so as to be bent between the distal end parts and the terminal parts; forming a half number of the plurality of lead lines and the remaining half number of the plurality of lead lines so as to have a shape of line symmetry with respect to the second axis; and mounting the semiconductor chip on a front surface side of a package.
摘要:
An input/output circuit inputs/outputs serial data. A register section comprises a first and a second register. The first register converts the serial data into parallel data. The second register converts parallel data into serial data. A first control signals supply a conversion timing for each bit when the serial data are converted into the parallel data. A second control signals supply a conversion timing for each bit when the parallel data are converted into the serial data. The signal generating circuit controls a timing of rise or fall of the first control signals and sets which of the memory cells should store a value for each bit, of the serial data, and controls a timing of rise or fall of the second control signals and sets which number of value of the serial data should be the value for each bit, of the parallel data read from the memory cells.
摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control data storage circuit (6) having nonvolatile storage devices with programmed control data and a latch circuit for holding data read out from the storage devices, and a read control circuit (7) for controlling read operations of the control data, which are built in a semiconductor chip. The control data storage circuit (6) is divided into groups (1, 2), and the read control circuit (7) generates read control signals for the groups (1, 2) at different timings, using an output of an internal potential detecting circuit 41 as the timing reference, thereby preventing the peak of power consumption from unacceptably rising during reading operations.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device is provided which ensures the symmetry of memory data transmission time and a high-speed operation and has large write/read operation margin with no need of increasing the chip area. By placing a horizontally long peripheral circuit section in the middle in the vertical direction of a semiconductor chip, placing a vertically long shift register section above and below and perpendicularly to the peripheral circuit section, and making the memory core and shift register arrangement symmetrical in the horizontal direction, the data/signal lines between the memory core and the shift register section can be made short and the symmetry of the interconnections can be maintained, which allows the implementation of a high-speed and large-margin semiconductor memory device. In addition, a faster semiconductor memory can be obtained by forming the shift register section by stacking shift registers each corresponding to a data block and selecting the order in which the shift registers are stacked so that the length of interconnections between the peripheral circuit and the shift register is minimized.
摘要:
A DRAM, including a plurality of banks each having a plurality of sub-arrays, and sense amplifier circuits commonly shared by sub-arrays in different banks, has a row access mode for activating a sub-array selected from each bank for reading or writing data, and a refresh mode for activating a plurality of sub-arrays in each bank and refreshing memory cell data therein at substantially the same timing. Sub-arrays in each bank activated at substantially the same timing in the refresh mode are more than sub-arrays in each bank activated in the row access model. Thereby, occurrence of operation constrains is minimized to ensure high-speed operation and improve the system performance of DRAMs employing the non-independent bank system.