Ralf Schmitt, Senior Engineering Manager, Signal Integrity, Rambus
June Feng, Senior Signal Integrity Engineer, Rambus
Joong-Ho Kim, Senior Signal Integrity Engineer, Rambus
Dan Oh, Senior Engineering Manager, Rambus
Chuck Yuan, Engineering Director, Rambus

Mobile memory systems, optimized for low power dissipation and high packaging density, achieve much lower bandwidth than traditional memory systems due to compromises in signal and power integrity. As the bandwidth requirements of mobile devices is increasing, it is necessary to understand the SI and PI effects limiting the data rate scaling of these memory systems. We are analyzing the SI and PI challenges of typical mobile memory systems, identifying the dominating effects limiting memory bandwidth, and analyzing the impact of possible memory system improvements.