2006 · 66 citations · 1 references
Hardware SecurityNon-volatile MemoryElectrical EngineeringSlight Performance PenaltyEngineeringArea PenaltyApplied PhysicsComputer EngineeringComputer ArchitectureMemory DeviceMemory DevicesSemiconductor MemoryMicroelectronicsNonvolatile Sram Cell
A nonvolatile SRAM cell with two back-up nonvolatile memory devices is proposed. This novel cell offers nonvolatile storage, thus allowing selected blocks of SRAM to be powered down during operation. There is no area penalty. A slight performance penalty is anticipated
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