Intel to Integrate DRAM into The CPU for Terascale Computing

Till now Intel has increased performance of the computer by increasing number of cores, Cache size and clock speed. But now the company plans to integrate DRAM into the CPU, which could potentially increase performance by 10X. A small research team at Intel has succeeded in reducing the size of DRAM cells to just two transistors and completely removing the capacitors. Intel said that it was able to design DRAM with 2GHz speed that offered 128 GB/s bandwidth. Compared to 18-20 GB/s bandwidth offered by today’s processors. If Intel succeeds in bring the clock speed of DRAM to the level of QX9770 processor they will get a bandwidth of 204.8 GB/s effectively increasing the bandwidth 10 times what it is today. Researchers believe they could match and exceed Intel’s existing clock speed by using the 45nm High-K technology. According to Intel researchers, the potential bandwidth would quickly introduce us to the era of Terascale computing.