Rambus: A Puzzle to Solve

Anyone who has spent any time with Mark knows that he loves puzzles. His office at Stanford is full of puzzles: some he built himself, some crafted from beautiful hardwood, and some simple children's toys. Each of them has their own aesthetic and their unique attraction to Mark. So, in many way...

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Published in:IEEE solid state circuits magazine 2016-01, Vol.8 (3), p.37-41
Main Authors: Zerbe, Jared, Stark, Don
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Attraction
Bandwidth
Circuits
Dynamic random access memory
Hardwoods
Phase locked loops
Random access memory
Toys
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Summary:Anyone who has spent any time with Mark knows that he loves puzzles. His office at Stanford is full of puzzles: some he built himself, some crafted from beautiful hardwood, and some simple children's toys. Each of them has their own aesthetic and their unique attraction to Mark. So, in many ways, it's no surprise that what attracted him to cofounding Rambus back in 1990 was a puzzle posed by Rambus cofounder Mike Farmwald: could they, using circuit and architecture techniques, increase the bandwidth of the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) interface tenfold without changing process technology?
ISSN:1943-0582
1943-0590
DOI:10.1109/MSSC.2016.2580278