GALLIUM ARSENIDE MEMORY APPLICATION STUDY Q-DOT RESEARCH

TO SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOY THE INTRINSICALLY SHORT ACCESS TIME (I.E., LESS THAN 1NS) OF GAAS DIGITAL MEMORY CHIPS, UNIQUE SIGNAL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES WILL BE REQUIRED WHICH MAY INFLUENCE CONVENTIONAL FUNCTION PARTITIONING AMONG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL ARCHITECTURE OF BOTH PROCESSOR AND IC'S, A CANDIDATE PROCESSOR OF IMPORTANCE TO THE AIR FORCE WILLL BE SELECTED. ITS ARCHITECTURE WILL BE ANALYZED TO UNCOVER OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE ARCHITECTURE WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR GAAS MEMORY. RESULTING STRUCTURES WILLL BE SIMULATED AT BOTH THE CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM LEVELS. BENEFITS OF INTEGRATED LOGIC-MEMORY WILL BE COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS. A COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REPORT WILL DOCUMENT THE RESULTS.