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Computer system having daisy chained memory chips

US7673093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2006
Grant dateMar 2, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4256
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system having a memory system having a memory controller and a memory. The memory controller is coupled to a processor and to the memory. The memory comprises one or more daisy chains of memory chips. An address/command word is chained through a daisy chain of memory chips and is handled by one of the memory chips in the daisy chain of memory chips. Data to be written to a memory chip is sent as part of the address/command word, or is transferred on an outgoing data bus chain. Data read from a memory chip is transferred on an incoming data bus chain. A daisy chain of memory chips can include memory chips on multiple carriers, or the daisy chain of memory chips can all be attached to a single carrier.

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