
If you remove the upper layers, you can get an unobstructed view of the substrate and, thus, of the active areas.
This image is also available in a higher resolution:
https://www.richis-lab.de/images/RAM/22x11XL.jpg (128MB)

Outside the memory area, the transistors have a very simple geometric structure. In the memory area, the structures have been optimized so that the memory cells take up as little area as possible.
https://www.richis-lab.de/RAM19.htm#sub 