DRAM Prefetch Architecture

Prefetch 1 SDRAM/Wide I/O

DRAM DRAM Interface

DRAM
Core

1n bits 1x Rate
100-266MHz 100-266Mbps

Prefetch 2 DDR/LPDDR/Wide I/O DDR

DRAM DRAM Interface

DRAM
2:1

Core

2n bits 2x Rate
100-266MHz 200-533Mbps

Prefetch 4 DDR2/GDDR3/LPDDR2
DRAM DRAM Interface

DRAM
4:1

Core

4n bits 4x Rate
100-266MHz 400-1066Mbps

Prefetch 8 DDR3/GDDR4/LPDDR3
DRAM DRAM Interface

DRAM
8:1

Core

8n bits 8x Rate
100-266MHz 800-2133Mbps

Prefetch 8+Bank Grouping GDDR5/DDR4

DRAM DRAM Interface

Bank
8:1

Group

Bank
8:1

Group

Bank
8:1

Group

Bank
8:1

Group

8n bits 16x Rate

100-266MHz 1600-4266Mbps

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