In October last year, Micron and Samsung formed Hybrid Memory Cube (HMCC), whose main activity was the development and standardization of RAM type . In addition to these companies, the alliance includes IBM, Altera, Open Silicon and Xilinx.
According to the latest news, Microsoft has become the seventh member of HMCC. Participation in the development of one of the world's largest software developers will optimize the interaction of algorithms with the new type of RAM at the program level. Microsoft believe that Hybrid Memory Cube will be an important step to increase the capacity and memory speed while minimizing power consumption and latency.
The concept of Hybrid Memory Cube includes a tiered arrangement of DRAM crystals, assembled on a layer of logic control, and connected together by the method of interlayer connections through-silicon . Cube Memory holds up to 90% less space, consumes 70% less energy, but it has a speed in excess of 10-15 times than modern DRAM modules .
Micron, one of the major technology developers, hopes to release Hybrid Memory Cube samples of 2 and 4 GB with bandwidth up to 160 GB / s in 2013. To date, the manufacturer has a prototype with a capacity of 121 GB / s. Related Products :
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