Advanced semiconductor memories : architectures designs and applications A valuable reference for the most vital microelectronic components in the marketplace DRAMs are the technology drivers of high volume semiconductor fabrication processes for new generation products that in addition to computer markets are finding increased usage in automotive aviation military and space telecommunications and wireless industries. A new generation of high density and high performance memory architectures evolving for mass storage devices including embedded memories and nonvolatile flash memories are serving a diverse range of applications. Comprehensive and up to date Advanced Semiconductor Memories: Architectures Designs and Applications offers professionals in the semiconductor and related industries an in depth review of advanced semiconductor memories technology developments. It provides details on: . Static Random Access Memory technologies including advanced architectures low voltage SRAMs fast SRAMs SOI SRAMs and specialty SRAMs (multiport FIFOs CAMs). High Performance Dynamic Random Access Memory DDRs synchronous DRAM SGRAM features and architectures EDRAM CDRAM Gigabit DRAM scaling issues and architectures multilevel storage DRAMs and SOI DRAMs. Applications specific DRAM architectures and designs VRAMs DDR SGRAMs RDRAMs SLDRAMs 3 D RAM. Advanced Nonvolatile Memory designs and technologies including floating gate cell theory EEPROM flash memory cell design and multilevel flash. FRAMs and reliability issues. Embedded memory designs and applications including cache merged processor DRAM architectures memory cards and multimedia applications. Future memory directions with megabytes to terabytes storage capacities using RTDs single electron memories etc. A continuation of the topics introduced in Semiconductor Memories: Technology Testing and Reliability the authors earlier work Advanced Semiconductor Memories: Architectures Designs and Applications offers a much needed reference to the major developments and future directions of advanced semiconductor memory technology Preface. Introduction to Advanced Semiconductor Memories. Static Random Access Memory Technologies. High Performance Dynamic random Access Memories. Application Specific Dram Architectures and Designs. Advanced Nonvolatile Memory Designs and Technologies. Embedded Memories Designs and Applications. Future Memory Directions: Megabytes to Terabytes. Index