Breaking The Memory Bottleneck In AI And HPC SoCs

Embedded memory, not compute, has become the limiting factor in AI and HPC SoCs, consuming more than half of total die area while constraining bandwidth, latency, and energy efficiency. As the industry transitions to gate-all-around (GAA) devices and backside power delivery network (BSPDN) technology, embedded memory architectures must evolve to keep pace. This white paper examines how these shifts redefine embedded memory requirements and how Synopsys Embedded Memory IP addresses them through d