Top 10 memory design features of 2012

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Breaking through the embedded memory bottleneck, part 1

Whether we’re talking about embedded systems or computers, one thing is a constant—users demand ever faster performance. With today’s data-hungry applications, that presents a significant challenge. The microprocessor community has responded to the demand for ever-increasing speed using techniques like instruction-level parallelism, pipelining, and the issuing of multiple instructions per cycle. The problem is that memory technology is having difficulty keeping up. One solution? Algorithmic memory. Learn all about it in "Breaking through the embedded memory bottleneck, part 1," from Sundar Iyer of Memoir Systems.