[SI-LIST] Re: DDR-II: SSTL_18 & ODT
- From: Bret Stott <bstott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:03:59 -0700
Thanks for the response -- very useful and I got a good chuckle to boot! BTW,
can you tell me (without having to kill me) when all of this DDR-II info is
supposed to become public? I heard Sept -- I'm hoping it's Sept 1.
Thanks,
-Bret
Quoting "D. C. Sessions" <dcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 11:35, Bret Stott wrote:
>
> > I am a new member of this list and I have a few questions about DDR-II that
> I
> > was hoping someone could help me out with. Currently, I don't have access
> to
> > JEDEC so most of my information is from alternate sources such as the
> Samsung
> > DDR-II spec.
> >
> > o Can anyone point me at a SSTL_18 specification?
>
> Yes, but then I'd have to kill you.
>
> Seriously, this should be hitting publication Very Soon Now.
> We just recently gave the JEDEC office the go-ahead. Look
> for JESD8-15.
>
> > o Can someone help me understand the on-die-termination strategy for
> DDR-II?
> > Why are the values 75 & 150 Ohms? What electrical topology is being
> assumed?
>
> Your basic DDR DRAM topology, w/o the motherboard shunt resistors.
> ODT is still somewhat controversial, which is why there are
> provisions to disable it altogether.
>
> > o My initial analysis suggests that it is possible to use class I drivers
> for
> > the address bus (5 load) and also for a point-to-point data bus. The data
> bus
> > may require some non-standard termination values though. Does anyone have
> any
> > information that supports of refutes this?
>
> There Is No Class One. SSTL-18 ditches the "Class I" driver
> spec since the SSTL-2 class I spec has caused a lot of
> confusion and we couldn't find any valid uses for it.
>
> (Yeah, I know that that last if flame bait. If you don't like
> the JC-16 tendency to concentrate on DRAM to the exclusion of
> other applications, JOIN THE FREAKING COMMITTEE!)
>
> --
> | May I have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, |
> | the strength to change the things I cannot accept, and the |
> | cunning to hide the bodies of those who got in my way. |
> +------------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -----------+
>
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