@inproceedings{f58f9aae5b634379a5aa02430d09809e,
title = "Low-Power Encoding for PAM-3 DRAM Bus",
abstract = "The 3-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-3) signaling is expected to be widely used in memory interfaces for its greater voltage margins compared to PAM-4. To maximize the benefit of PAM-3, we propose three low-power data encoding algorithms: PAM3-DBI, PAM3-MF, and PAM3-SORT. With the DRAM memory traces from the gem5 computer architecture simulator running benchmarks, we evaluate the energy efficiency of our three PAM-3 encoding techniques. The experimental results show the proposed algorithms can reduce termination power for high-speed memory links significantly by 41\% to 90\% for benchmark programs.",
keywords = "DRAM bus, Data encoding, Low power, PAM-3",
author = "Jonghyeon Nam and Jaeduk Han and Hokeun Kim",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 IEEE.; 20th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2024 ; Conference date: 02-07-2024 Through 05-07-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1109/SMACD61181.2024.10745398",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - 2024 20th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2024",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2024 20th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2024",
}