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US 10,310,547 B2Granted
Techniques to mirror a command/address or interpret command/address logic at a memory device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsGeorge Vergis, Kuljit S. Bains, Bill Nale
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Abstract
Techniques to include a mirror of a command/address at a memory device. Techniques to also include interpretation of command/address logic. A memory device located on a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) includes circuitry having logic capable of receiving a command/address signal and mirror a command/address or interpret command/address logic indicated in the command/address signal based on one or more strap pins for the memory device.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry for a memory device on first side of a dual in-line memory module (DIMM), the circuitry including logic, at least a portion of which comprises hardware, the logic to:
- receive a command/address signal that indicates a first command/address directed to the memory device;
- determine based on a strap pin of the memory device connected to a power pin of the memory device that the first command/address indicated in the command/address signal is to be mirrored;
- and
- mirror the first command/address directed to the memory device such that the first command/address indicated in the command/address signal is a mirror of a second command/address to a second memory device on a second side of the DIMM.
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An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry for a memory device on a first side of a dual in line memory module (DIMM), the circuitry including logic, at least a portion of which comprises hardware, the logic to:
- receive a command/address signal;
- determine based on a strap pin of the memory device connected to a power pin of the memory device whether command/address logic indicated by the command/address signal has been inverted;
- and
- interpret the command/address logic indicated by the command/address signal based on the determination.
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A system comprising:
- a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) including one or more first memory devices on a first side and one or more second memory devices on a second side;
- and
- a memory device from among the one or more first memory devices, the memory device having a first strap pin and including logic, at least a portion of which comprises hardware, the logic to:
- receive a first command/address signal that indicates a first command/address directed to the memory device;
- determine whether the first strap pin is connected to a power pin of the memory device;
- and
- mirror the first command/address targeted to the memory device based on the determination such that the first command/address indicated in the first command/address signal is a mirror of a second command/address to a memory device from among the one or more second memory devices on the second side of the DIMM.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.