Abstract:
A multi memory chip stacked on a multi core CPU includes a plurality of memories, each memory corresponding to a CPU core from among the CPU cores and being configured to directly transmit data between the other memories of the multi memory chip.
Abstract:
A memory system including a memory controller and a memory and a related method are disclosed. The method includes communicating a command and error detection/correction (EDC) data associated with the command from the memory controller to the memory, decoding the command and executing an EDC operation related to the EDC data in parallel, and if the command is a write command, delaying execution of a write operation indicated by the write command until completion of the EDC operation, else immediately executing an operation indicated by the command without regard to completion of the EDC operation.
Abstract:
A memory system including a memory controller and a memory and a related method are disclosed. The method includes communicating a command and error detection/correction (EDC) data associated with the command from the memory controller to the memory, decoding the command and executing an EDC operation related to the EDC data in parallel, and if the command is a write command, delaying execution of a write operation indicated by the write command until completion of the EDC operation, else immediately executing an operation indicated by the command without regard to completion of the EDC operation.
Abstract:
A system having a transmission unit transmitting an output data signal formed from output data and related error detection code and a corresponding receiving unit. The output data signal is pre-emphasized by a pre-emphasis driver in the transmission unit. The receiving unit includes an equalizer equalizing the received output data signal and an error detector analyzing the error detection code to determine whether a bit error is present in the received data. Upon successive data transmission failures either an equalization coefficient in the equalizer or a pre-emphasis coefficient in the pre-emphasis driver are changed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device and an arrangement method thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device comprises column selecting signal lines and global data IO signal lines arranged on the same layer in the same direction above a memory cell array; word lines and first local data IO signal lines arranged on a different layer from the column selecting signal lines above the memory cell array, in a perpendicular direction to the column selecting signal lines; and second local data IO signal lines arranged on a different layer from the column selecting signal lines and the word lines above the memory cell array, in the same direction as the first local data IO signal lines.
Abstract:
A memory module, a memory system including a memory controller and a memory module and methods thereof. The example memory module may include a plurality of memory units each having an interface and at least one memory device. An example write operation method may include receiving a packet command at a given one of a plurality of memory units, each of the plurality of memory units including an interface and at least one memory device, extracting a command signal, an address and write data from the received packet command if the received packet command corresponds to a write operation, transferring the extracted write data to at least one memory device via write/read data lines internal to the given one memory unit and writing the transferred write data at the at least one memory device. An example read operation may include receiving a packet command at a given one of a plurality of memory units, each of the plurality of memory units including an interface and at least one memory device, extracting a command signal and an address from the received packet command if the received packet command corresponds to a read operation, transferring the extracted command signal and address to at least one memory device, receiving read data corresponding to the extracted command signal and address from the at least one memory device via write/read data lines internal to the given one memory unit and transmitting the received read data from the interface via read data lines external to the given one memory unit.
Abstract:
The invention provides an improved memory system that addresses signal degradation due to transmission line effects. The improved memory system includes a first buffer, at least one first memory device coupled to the first buffer, and a plurality of signal traces. The first buffer and memory device are mounted on a motherboard. Likewise, the plurality of signal traces is routed on the motherboard. Doing so eliminates stub loads that cause signal reflection that, in turn, result in signal degradation.
Abstract:
A data output driver of a semiconductor memory device can minimize a difference in slew rate of an output signal according to a selected bit organization. The data output driver includes a pull-up driver and a pull-down driver. The pull-up driver pulls up an output terminal and the pull-down driver pulls down the output terminal. In particular, current driving capabilities of the pull-up driver and/or the pull-down driver are changed in response to bit organization information signals of the semiconductor memory device.
Abstract:
Methods for controlling the timing of a pre-charge operation in a memory device are provided. In embodiments of the present invention, the timing may be controlled by dynamically selecting a word line off time based on information about a number of column cycles. This may be accomplished, for example, by routing a word line disable signal via one of a first plurality of delay paths. The methods may further include dynamically selecting a bit line equalization start time based on the information about the number of column cycles. This may be accomplished, for example, by routing a bit line equalization start signal via one of a second plurality of delay paths. Pursuant to still further embodiments of the present invention, systems for controlling timing in a memory device are provided which include a control circuit that is configured to select a word line off time from a plurality of word line off times in response to a word line signal and information about a number of column cycles.
Abstract:
Provided is a memory system and a method that can initialize a data channel at a high speed without the need to increase the number of pins in a semiconductor memory device, and not requiring a circuit to perform an initialization. The memory system includes a memory module equipped with a plurality of semiconductor memory devices; a memory controller controlling the semiconductor memory devices; and a data channel and a command/address channel connected between the plurality of semiconductor memory devices and the memory controller, wherein read latencies and write latencies of the plurality of semiconductor memory devices are controlled by the memory controller.