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Features of DDR4 :-

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.

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