Claims
- 1. A semiconductor memory comprising:a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; dynamic memory cells of n bits; and a plurality of sense amplifiers connected to said plurality of bit lines, wherein the number of row address bits used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines is larger than the number of column address bits, wherein the number of activated sense amplifiers per one memory access is expressed as n/2x, wherein N bits obtained through said activated sense amplifiers are output as data, and wherein said N is one of numbers in a progression expressed as 2k, k=2, 3, 4, - - -.
- 2. A semiconductor memory comprising:a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; dynamic memory cells of n bits; and a plurality of sense amplifiers, wherein the number of row address bits used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines is larger than the number of column address bits, wherein the number of activated sense amplifiers per one memory access is expressed as n/2x, wherein N bits obtained through said activated sense amplifiers are output as data, wherein said N is one of numbers in a progression expressed as 2k, k=2,3,4, - - - , and wherein said n is expressed as n=2x·2y·N.
- 3. A semiconductor memory comprising:a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; dynamic memory cells of n bits; and a plurality of sense amplifiers connected to said plurality of bit lines, wherein the number of row address bits used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines is larger than the number of column address bits, wherein the number of activated sense amplifiers per one memory access is expressed as n/2x, wherein N bits obtained through said activated sense amplifiers are output as data, wherein said N is one of numbers in a progression expressed as 2k, k=2, 3, 4, - - - , wherein each of said dynamic memory cells has a stereoscopic structure which does not use a substrate as an electrode of an information charge storage capacitor, and wherein said n bits are 16 megabits or more.
- 4. A semiconductor memory comprising:a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; dynamic memory cells of n bits; a plurality of sense amplifiers connected to said plurality of bit lines; and a plurality of input terminals for receiving row address used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines, wherein some of said plurality of input terminals are used for receiving a column address so that said semiconductor memory is an address multiplexed type, wherein the number of row address bits used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines is larger than the number of column address bits, wherein the number of activated sense amplifiers per one memory access is expressed as n/2x, wherein N bits obtained through said activated sense amplifiers are output as data, wherein said N is one of numbers in a progression expressed as 2k, k=2,3,4, - - - , wherein each of said dynamic memory cells has a stereoscopic structure which does not use a substrate as an electrode of an information charge storage capacitor, wherein said n bits are 16 megabits or more, and wherein said n is expressed as n=2x·2y·N.
- 5. A semiconductor memory comprising:a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; dynamic memory cells of n bits; and a plurality of sense amplifiers, wherein the number of row address bits used for selecting one or more of said plurality of word lines is larger than the number of column address bits, wherein the number of activated sense amplifiers per one memory access is expressed as n/2x, wherein N bits obtained through said activated sense amplifiers are output as data, wherein said N is one of numbers in a progression expressed as 2k, k=2,3,4, - - - , wherein said n is expressed as n=2x·2y·N, and wherein the value of said N can be changed by changing the value of said y without changing the value of said x.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/361,203, filed Jul. 27, 1999, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/618,381, filed on Mar. 19, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,854,504 the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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