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Chapter 59: DRAM Design

Chapter 59: Chapter 59: DRAM Design

Tyler stood silently in front of the fabrication table, his hands in his pockets and his shoulders relaxed.

Before him, arranged in two neat rows of five, were ten shining marvels of engineering: the Valkyrie-X chips.

Each one shimmered faintly under the overhead lights, encased in their protective anti-static shells.

They looked almost unassuming—no larger than a cracker, no thicker than a blade. But Tyler knew what they were.

Weapons and engines of computation.

And the foundation of everything he planned to build.

He exhaled slowly, a bright and deeply satisfied smile spreading across his face. They’d done it. All ten chips had been produced in a single day.

Against every standard, against every reasonable expectation, the entire batch had been completed flawlessly.

This was monumental—not just in terms of speed, but in quality. Each chip carried the same staggering specs as the original prototype. 800.3 billion transistors. 35TB/s bandwidth. Sub-nanometer tolerances.

The whole floor had come together with ruthless precision, turning what should have taken weeks into a single smooth sprint.

And now, the GPU phase was done.

That meant Tyler could move on—to the next vital component: memory and storage space creation.

But that won’t be tonight.

He glanced around and he saw how most of the workers looked exhausted, though they were trying not to show it.

Their enthusiasm hadn’t dimmed, but their bodies were showing signs of wear.

It had been a very long day for them all.

He turned to face them, his voice calm and filled with gratitude.

"That’s it for today. Thank you, everyone."

A few surprised glances were exchanged. Then one of the older technicians—his eyes still on the chips—spoke up with a tired grin.

"You don’t need to thank us, boss. We’re just glad to be part of this."

Another added, "Seriously. Without you, none of us would’ve gotten a chance to work on something like this."

A few nodded in agreement, and several clapped lightly. The atmosphere shifted but it wasn’t celebratory, but reverent.

Tyler smiled, proud and a little humbled by their words.

"Still... thank you."

The team began packing up, shutting down the systems, checking seals, logging final entries into the day’s registry.

David moved around the floor, coordinating the return.

Within fifteen minutes, everyone was loaded up and the convoy began its drive back to the hotel.

It was a quiet ride back to the hotel.

Even at the hotel, everyone dispersed quickly to their rooms without the usual chatter. They were too tired. But not Tyler.

Once inside his room, he finally had a proper dinner—his first in three days. Simple rice, grilled chicken, steamed vegetables, and a thick glass of mango juice.

After he was done with that, he took a long, hot shower afterward, washing off the last of the day’s weight.

Then he got into bed. He wasn’t ready to sleep yet as he still had to design the circuit print for the DRAM he’s going to create tomorrow.

But the most important reason why he wasn’t going to bed yet was because he still had to call home, to speak to his mom and Devin.

He had kept his promise for the past two days and he wasn’t going to break it today.

Tyler picked up his phone and dialed home.

The call connected on the first ring.

"Tyler!" his mom’s voice lit up on the other end, her warmth coming through instantly.

He smiled, a part of him—he didn’t know was tense—relaxed

"Hey, Mom."

"How is my baby boy doing?" His mother asked, causing Tyler to chuckle.

"I’m fine, mom."

"I understand, baby. But you know that you must always take care of yourself and make sure to not overwork yourself.

"Yes, mom," Tyler smiled.

He was aware that David always updates her on his well-being and his day to day activities, so he didn’t say much.

Then Devin’s voice came through—fast, excited, rapid-fire questions about what Tyler was doing, if he could come visit and when he was coming.

The call lasted almost an hour. It was light-hearted and grounding, a reminder of what mattered. They talked until both sides reluctantly agreed to hang up.

Once the line went silent, Tyler set the phone down gently.

It was time to work again.

He sat up, powered on his laptop and opened the software he uses for making schematics.

What he was about to design wasn’t just the memory and storage space, but the neural bedrock that would support his AI’s cognitive functions.

If Valkyrie-X was the thinking brain, then the DRAM was the long-term memory and working RAM that would let it simulate, evolve, and adapt.

His target: 64TB of ultra-fast memory.

Ambitious? Yes but it was necessary.

Each DRAM unit would need to provide 16TB and the tower would have four units.

To achieve that density, Tyler decided to go with 3D stacked DRAM arrays using TSV (Through-Silicon Via) technology.

Instead of placing chips side by side on a single plane, he would layer them vertically—dozens of micro layers etched with memory cells stacked atop one another, each connected with microscopic metal vias drilled directly through the silicon.

But even that wasn’t enough.

He needed more than density—he needed stability, scalability, and speed.

So he combined the stacking with capacitor-less DRAM cell design, similar to Z-RAM architecture.

Traditional DRAM relies on tiny capacitors to store charges, but these new designs used floating body effects in SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) substrates to hold data with less energy leakage.

It meant faster refresh cycles, reduced heat, and much higher per-layer capacity.

He also embedded on-die memory controllers in each unit—miniature CPUs responsible for routing, error correction, and bandwidth management.

This would ensure that data flow between GPU and memory was always optimized, without bottlenecks or throttling.

For redundancy, Tyler planned a parity tier on each DRAM stack that automatically distributed incoming writes into two mirrored arrays—ensuring instant backup in case of corruption or instability.

Finally, he mapped thermal pathways into each tower using microchannel cooling, much like the GPUs, but finer and denser. Heat was the hidden killer of high-speed memory. He refused to let it be a bottleneck.

The design took over an hour to complete. Every step needed to be mathematically sound, voltage-consistent, and physically manufacturable with his current fab capacity.

He sat back, staring at the tower configuration he’d drafted. Four columns per array. 16TB per node. 64TB total.

And that was just the beginning.

If people thought this was overkill, then they are completely wrong.

Supercomputers of 2025 operated with 100TB–10PB RAM and storage capacities nearing an exabyte.

What he was building—a self-scaling, sovereign AI designed to evolve into an AGI—would need it all, and more.

So no, it wasn’t overkill.

It wasn’t up to the bare minimum.

And once the DRAM modules were fabricated, he would begin on storage—over 128TB.

He would use the same design for the memory but with some twist to get him what he wants.

It would be fast. It would be efficient. And it would be sustainable enough to feed a learning AI for years.

With the DRAM schematic finalized, it was time to begin writing the OS—an entirely custom operating system tailored specifically to his architecture.

Tyler glanced at the clock.

12:37 AM

"Later. Need to get some sleep."

He closed his laptop and snuggled into his bed, falling asleep almost immediately.