University of Crete

Course Information:

Lecture:	Mon Wed 16:00 - 18:00, H-206
Required Text:	Jacob, Ng, and Wang: Memory Systems -- Cache, DRAM, Disk
Recommended Texts:	Dally & Poulton: Digital Systems Engineering Johnson & Graham: High-Speed Digital Design Keeth & Baker: DRAM Circuit Design Hall, Hall & McCall: High-Speed Digital System Design Prince: High Performance Memories

Instructor Information:

Professor:	Bruce L. Jacob, Full Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Office:	K-327
Email:
Office Hours:	Mon/Wed before class, or by appointment

Course Handouts and General Information:

• Spring 2005 class web page
• DRAM-Systems.pdf
• the Overview chapter of Memory Systems, "On Memory Systems and Their Design"
• sim-dram simulator manual
• Source code for BTV (Bus Trace Viewer)
• DRAMsim - includes Simulator Code

Lectures:

Date	Slides	Topics	References
Feb 24	Lecture A	Overview: Intro to DRAM Devices and Systems	The DRAM-Systems.pdf file above, Overview and Chapter 7 from Memory Systems
Feb 26	Lecture B	DRAM Circuits and Architecture I	Chapters 1 and 2 of Keeth & Baker: DRAM Circuit Design Chapter 8 from Memory Systems
Feb 26 & Mar 5	Lecture C	DRAM Memory System Organization	Chapter 10 from Memory Systems
Mar 7	Lecture D	DRAM Access Protocol & DRAM Controller Basics	Chapters 11 and 13 from Memory Systems
Mar 10	Lecture E	Non-Volatile Memories: Flash and some others (mostly flash)	Micron Technical Note NAND Flash 101: An Introduction to NAND Flash Flash design presentation by Samsung engineer Kihwan Choi NAND Flash memory
Mar 12	Lecture F-lash Lecture F-aults	ONFI and Flash Control Basics Memory Faults and Error Correction	The ONFI website: www.onfi.org Chapter 30 from Memory Systems
Mar 17 & 21		No lectures ... work on your projects
Mar 24 & 26	Lecture G	Wires, Signaling, and Timing	Chapter 9 from Memory Systems Bill Dally's entire textbook :)
Mar 31	Lecture H	Coherence & Consistency	Chapter 4 from Memory Systems