What are the goals of the Serial Port Memory Technology (SPMT) Working Group?
The SPMT Working Group’s goal is to define a memory interface technology that reduces pin count by a minimum of 40 percent, provides a bandwidth range from 3.2-6.4GB/s and higher, reduces input/output power by 50 percent or more over other currently available DRAM offerings, and provides the ability to use either a single port or multiple ports into a single SPMT-enabled memory chip. The overarching goal is to develop a consortium consisting of major players to help drive industry adoption. While initially targeted at the mobile device market, the SPMT working group believes the technology will gain widespread adoption, penetrating other mobile market segments such as portable media players, digital still cameras, camcorders and handheld gaming devices. We believe it will eventually be adopted by any application that requires a low-cost, high-bandwidth alternative to currently available memory solutions.
