Invention Grant
US09257151B2 Printed-circuit board supporting memory systems with multiple data-bus configurations
有权
支持具有多种数据总线配置的存储系统的印刷电路板
- Patent Title: Printed-circuit board supporting memory systems with multiple data-bus configurations
- Patent Title (中): 支持具有多种数据总线配置的存储系统的印刷电路板
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Application No.: US14306304Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US09257151B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Richard E. Perego , Donald C. Stark , Frederick A. Ware , Ely K. Tsern , Craig E. Hampel
- Applicant: Rambus Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Silicon Edge Law Group LLP
- Agent Arthur J. Behiel
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G11C5/04 ; G06F12/06 ; G06F12/04 ; G06F13/16 ; G11C5/02 ; G11C5/06 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C11/408 ; G11C11/4097 ; H05K1/14 ; G11C8/06 ; H05K1/11

Abstract:
Described is a printed-circuit board (PCB) that supports memory systems in which the memory core organization changes with device width. The PCB includes a memory-controller mounting location and module connectors to receive respective memory modules. Each module connector connects directly to the controller mounting location via a respective set of system data lines that does not connect to any other module connector. System data lines also extend directly between module connectors to support memory configurations with different numbers of modules. The memory systems support one memory module of a wide data width or multiple memory modules of narrower data widths. The number of physical memory banks accessed reduces with device data width, resulting in reduced power usage for relatively narrow memory configurations. Increasing the number of logic memory banks for narrow memory widths reduces the likelihood of bank conflicts, and consequently improves speed performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140293671A1 Configurable Width Memory Modules Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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