To realize a large‐capacity, high‐speed ECL‐compatible SRAM with an access time comparable to that of bipolar ECL RAMs, we have investigated a circuit configuration and optimizing method for SRAMs with peripheral circuits consisting of BiCMOS circuitry except for memory cells on the basis of submicron BiCMOS technology. A predecoder configuration with a bipolar small‐amplitude logic circuitry is proposed and the number of predecoders that minimizes the decoder power dissipation is determined. Also, a word‐driver circuit that utilizes an NMOS transistor as the driving transistor with BiCMOS inverters is proposed, and its highspeed operation is confirmed. Next, a multiplexer which selects a pair of bit‐lines by switching the pull‐up voltage with an NMOS transistor and drives data‐lines with emitter‐follower circuits is proposed and its high‐speed operation confirmed. Finally, an optimized memory cell array configuration that minimizes the delay time from the memory cell to the multiplexer is proposed.