
This paper describes the design methodology and the implementation of a merged logic/DRAM multimedia chip. The design is based on 0.25 micron DRAM-based CMOS technology with 4-layers of metal with device performance enhancement. Details of the architecture and system design of the multi-media was described in Katayama et. al. (1996). The present chip consists of 64 Mb of synchronous DRAM which is organized in two banks of eight 8 Mb SDRAM macros, a gate-array memory control and bus control unit, a custom-designed 8/spl times/32-bit parallel graphic processor, a 64-bit parallel ports for data transfer to/from the host processor bus, a 32-bit serial port for video display, and on-chip PLL. The multi-media co-processor chip provides high-density unified memory, high bus bandwidth (4.3 GB/s peak) and 1+GB/s BITBLT processing functions for an external host processor. The current design, floorplan and layout are structured in a way that, we believe, will provide a general framework for other merged logic/DRAM, ASIC+DRAM design for system scale integration.
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