Non-volatile memory system with wide I/O memory die

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of memory dies, each memory die having a wide I/O interface that is part of the respective memory die;
• and
• an interface circuit physically separate from the memory dies, the interface circuit having a first interface and a second interface, the first interface comprising a wide I/O interface, the second interface configured to communicate with an external circuit, the second interface is a narrow I/O interface with less I/O signals than the wide I/O interface, the wide I/O interfaces of the memory dies are directly electrically connected together and directly electrically connected to the wide I/O interface of the interface circuit;
• the interface circuit configured to receive multiple messages on the narrow I/O interface, convert the multiple messages from a narrow format to one message in a wide format and send the one message in the wide format to all of the memory dies of the plurality of memory dies via the wide I/O interface of the interface circuit directly electrically connected to the wide I/O interfaces of the memory dies.