Cost-Efficient Memory Architecture Design of NAND Flash Memory Embedded Systems

NAND flash memory has become an indispensable component in embedded systems because of its versatile features such as non-volatility, solid-state reliability, low cos,t and high density. Even though NAND flash memory gains popularity as data storage, it also can be exploited as code memory for XIP (execute-in-place). In this paper, we present a cost-efficient memory architecture which incorporates NAND flash memory into an existing memory hierarchy for code execution. The usefulness of the proposed approach is demonstrated with real embedded workloads on a real hardware prototyping board.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICCD
• Authors: Chanik Park, Jaeyu Seo, Dongyoung Seo, Shinhan Kim, Bumsoo Kim
• Keywords: Cost-efficient Memory Architecture, Flash Memory Gains, Hardware, ICCD 2003, NAND Flash Memory