Semiconductor memory device comprising: an LWF leadership (234(j), 234(j+n), 334(j), 434(j), 534(j)); a LWB_bar line (336(j), 436(j), 536(j)) ; a GWB line (230(j), 230(j+n), 330(j), 430(j), 530(j)); a GWB bar line (322(j), 332(j), 432(j), 532(j)); a column (207(j), 207(j+n), 307(j), 407(j), 507A(j), 507B(j), 507C(j)) of segments (202A, 202B, 302A, 402A, 502A, 502A''), each segment (202A, 202B, 302A, 402A, 502A, 502A'') bit cells (212A(i,j), 212A(i+m,j+n), 212B(i,j), 212B(i+m,j+n), 216A(i,j), 216A(i+n,j+m), 216B(i,j), 216B(i+n,j+m), 312A(i,j), 316A(i+m,j), 412A(i,j), 420A(i,j), 512A(i,j), 516A(i,j)); wherein each of the bit cells (212A(i,j), 212A(i+m,j+n), 212B(ij), 212B(i+m,j+n), 216A(i,j), 216A(i+n,j+m), 216B(i,j), 216B(i+n,j+m), 312A(i,j), 316A(i+m,j), 412A(i,j), 420A(i,j), 512A(i,j), 516A(i,j)) comprises a latch circuit (311, 315) and a first and second
pass gate (N03, N04; N09, N10) which connect the corresponding LWB and LWB_bar line (234(j), 234(j+n), 334(j), 434(j), 5340); 336(j), 436(j), 536(j)) to the latch circuit (311, 315); and a distributed write driver arrangement comprising a global write driver (224(j), 224(j+n)) and a local write driver (220A(j), 220A(j+n), 220B(j), 220B(j+n)): where the global write driver (224(j), 224(j+n)) has: a first
inverter (340, 440, 540) connected between the GWB line (230(j), 230(j+n), 330(j), 430(j), 530(j)) and the LWB line (234(j), 234(j+n), 334(j), 434(j), 534(j)); and a second
inverter (342, 442, 542) connected between the GWB_bar line (3220, 3320), 432(j), 532(j)) and the LWB_bar line (336(j), 436(j), 536(j)); and wherein the local write driver (220A(j), 220A(j+n), 220B(j), 220B(j+n)) is included in each segment (202A, 202B, 302A, 402A, 502A, 502A''), wherein each local write driver (220A(j), 220A(j+n), 220B(j), 220B(j+n)) is located in an interior of the corresponding segment (202A, 202B, 302A, 402A, 502A, 502A''), wherein each local write driver (220A(j), 220A(j+n), 220B(j), 220B(j+n)) comprises: a third
inverter (344, 444, 544) connected between the GWB line (230(j), 230(j+n), 330(j), 430(j), 530(j)) and the LWB line (234(j), 234(j+n), 334(j), 4340), 534(j); and a fourth inverter (346, 446, 546) connected between the GWB_bar line (322(j), 332(j), 432(j), 532(j)) and the LWB_bar line (336(j), 436(j), 536(j)).