Patent ID: 8437170

Claim:
A semiconductor storage device comprising: memory cells, each of which includes a variable-resistance layer which takes one of two resistance states according to at least one of an applied voltage and an applied current, and a diode having a cathode being connected to the variable-resistance layer, and has both ends of a serial structure of the variable-resistance layer and the diode as a first end and a second end; a memory cell array which includes the memory cells arranged on a plane including a first axis and a second axis, and has a first region lying along an edge of the memory cell array and a second region lying opposite to the edge with respect to the first region; a first wiring continuous along the first axis between both ends of the memory cell array, at least part of the first wiring lying in the second region, and the first wiring being connected to the first ends of the memory cells; a second wiring which lies along the first axis, lies only in the first region and is connected to the first ends of the memory cells, the second wiring being divided between adjacent memory cells; and a third wiring continuous along the second axis between both ends of the memory cell array, and being connected to the second ends of the memory cells, wherein the second region includes a second part which encloses a first part along the first part and an edge of the second part, the first wiring at least a part of which lies in the first part of the second region is connected to a first control circuit, the first control circuit is configured to apply a potential necessary for writing and reading data in and from the memory cells to the first wiring connected to the first control circuit, and the first wiring which lies only in the first region and the second part of the second region in the memory cell array is connected to a second control circuit.