Manufacturers now have the option of using the CXK77V3211Q, a one megabit 32Kx32 synchronous Burst SRAM, on the motherboard or the new SCM586P SIMM family for added flexibility further down the manufacturing line. Products in the SCM586P series contain either one or two banks of pipelined synchronous 64-bit wide SRAM and a tag SRAM of either 8Kx8 or 16Kx8 configuration.
Control signals connect directly to the supported chipsets.
As processor performance and bus speeds increase, high-speed cache is becoming an increasingly critical element in realizing a processor's full performance. Sony announced the CXK77V3211Q, a one megabit 32K x32 synchronous Burst SRAM in February 1995. It is packaged in 100-pin QFPs to achieve high density, high speed and low power consumption. More than 30 Sony engineers at this facility work directly with leading computer manufacturers to design next generation SRAM products. In fact, fully 60 percent of all Sony semiconductor sales in the U.S. are expected to come from products designed in San Jose for U.S. customers, including leading- edge SRAM products used by top workstation manufacturers.