Abstract: A pair of power supply lines that are orthogonal to the border with the cell array are placed, for each one-bit processing circuit of the data processing unit, in a semiconductor storage device such as SRAM or the like comprising a data processing unit for writing data to memory cells and reading it therefrom, a row decode unit for driving the word lines of the memory cells, and a timing control unit for generating a control pulse for the data processing unit, all of which are arranged around the circumference of a cell array in which memory cells are arrayed in a grid-like fashion. MOS transistors are placed between the power supply lines in such a position that the principal axis direction of the gate pattern is orthogonal to the two aforementioned wirings, and are closely arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the power supply lines.

Abstract: A pair of power supply lines that are orthogonal to the border with the cell array are placed, for each one-bit processing circuit of the data processing unit, in a semiconductor storage device such as SRAM or the like comprising a data processing unit for writing data to memory cells and reading it therefrom, a row decode unit for driving the word lines of the memory cells, and a timing control unit for generating a control pulse for the data processing unit, all of which are arranged around the circumference of a cell array in which memory cells are arrayed in a grid-like fashion. MOS transistors are placed between the power supply lines in such a position that the principal axis direction of the gate pattern is orthogonal to the two aforementioned wirings, and are closely arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the power supply lines.