When normal bit lines BL3 and /BL3 are selected, spare bit lines SBL2 and
/SBL2 are simultaneously selected, so that column select gates are placed
in such a manner that these bit line pairs are connected to respective
different read data bus pairs. The column select gates are distributed in
placement so as not to cause a great difference in load capacitance
between read data buses. A redundancy determination result is reflected
on read data by activation of control signals .phi.1 and .phi.2 given
immediately prior to a sense amplifier. Note that two sense amplifier may
be provided with control signals .phi.1 and .phi.2 so as to select the
outputs of one sense amplifier. With such a configuration adopted, it is
possible to provide a memory device capable of performing high speed
reading while realizing a redundancy replacement.