Rink,
Presuming Innovative Silicon licensed AMD not only the memory cell technology but complete building blocks, maybe there's the tiniest of chances that AMD can design it in, tune it, and test it within a year.
AMD got a full ZRAM license to make a custom design in house:
Q: A major development for Innovative Silicon has been the interest shown in Z-RAM by AMD. How would you characterize AMD's engagement with Z-RAM? Is it still tentative and experimental, or has AMD in fact made a major commitment to using it as a replacement for embedded memory in next-generation processors?
MEJ: Well, first of all, it's inappropriate for me to comment on behalf of AMD, even though they are a partner with ISi.
I can however say from our side that we offer two types of license. We offer an instance license, which is relatively low-cost, for people who want to try something for one project, and we also offer a full technology license, which allows people to create their own memories for unlimited, multiple projects. It's a technology license that AMD has taken, not an instance license. I think that's about as far as I can go, speaking for AMD.
So odds are very high AMD has been testing ZRAM technology that's why one can see just SC parts on the photo you provided earlier. |
