STT-RAM reliability enhancement through ECC and access scheme optimization

Abstract

Multi-level cell Spin-Transfer Torque RAM (MLC STT-RAM) greatly suffers from the significantly degraded operation reliability and high programming cost. In this paper, a novel MLC design, namely ternary-state MLC (TS-MLC STT-RAM), is proposed for high-reliable high-performance memory systems by leveraging a cross-layer solution set. Based on the structure, several circuit and architecture schemes are proposed to enhance both the reliability and access latency of the memory cells. © 2014 IEEE.

DOI
10.1109/ISCE.2014.6884324
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