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DBI :-
The DBI function is applied to DDR4 and LPDDR4 to reduce I/O power in system memory.
In addition to power savings, this feature also directly improves the power -supply noise by
constraining the number of bits simultaneously drawing dc current.
DBI is an optional feature in DDR4. If DBI is enabled, then when the driver (controller during a
write or DRAM during a read) is sending out data on a lane, it counts the number of “0” (logic
low) bits.
If the number of bits driving “0” in the lane is five or more, then the entire byte is inverted, and
a ninth bit indicating DBI is asserted low.
This ensures that out of the 8 DQ bits and the 9th DBI bit, at least five bits are “1” during any
given transaction.
This also ensures that out of the entire data lane, the maximum total number of signals
transitioning is either five 1’s to 9 1’s or vice-versa.
There can never be a situation where all bits go from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.