Flash-DRAM hybrid memory module

A dual in-line memory module (DIMM) configured to fit into a memory slot connector of a system board of a host computer system, the system board having power rails, where the memory slot connector includes a set of power conduits connected to the power rails, a set of data conduits, and a set of address and control conduits, the DIMM comprising:

• a printed circuit board (PCB) including an interface having PCB edge connections configured to fit into the memory slot connector of the system board, wherein the PCB edge connections include
• a first set of edge connections configured to electrically connect to the set of power conduits that are configured to exclusively deliver power to the DIMM from the power rails, wherein the first set of edge connections are electrically connected to a set of input voltage supply lines that are configured to receive the power delivered to the DIMM from the power rails via the interface,
• a second set of edge connections configured to electrically connect to the set of data conduits, wherein the second set of edge connections are electrically connected to a set of data lines via the interface,
• a third set of edge connections configured to electrically connect to the set of address and control conduits, wherein the third set of edge connections are electrically connected to a set of address and control lines via the interface;
• a controller, wherein the controller is coupled to the PCB and to an input voltage supply line of the set of input voltage supply lines and is configured to
• (i) monitor an input voltage supplied by the input voltage supply line, and
• (ii) perform, in response to a first trigger signal, a write operation that causes data to be written to a data storage element configured to store a plurality of data bits,
• wherein, in response to the first trigger signal, the controller is further configured to perform one or more write operations to write data into the data storage element;
• a power module including a voltage conversion element,
• wherein the power module is coupled to the PCB and to the input voltage supply line, and is configured to continuously receive input power from the input voltage supply line and to deliver an output power via a plurality of regulated voltage lines having a corresponding plurality of regulated voltages, wherein
• the output power is derived from the input power, and the plurality of regulated voltage lines includes at least a first regulated voltage line for delivering a first regulated voltage and a second regulated voltage line for delivering a second regulated voltage, and
• the voltage conversion element is configured to produce the first regulated voltage and the second regulated voltage;
• and
• a plurality of components coupled to the PCB and the power module, the plurality of components including a plurality of volatile memory packages coupled to the set of address and control lines and to the set of data lines, wherein
• the plurality of volatile memory packages are operable to receive or output data signals via the set of data lines based on address and control signals received from the system board via the set of address and control lines, and
• each component of the plurality of components is electrically connected to one or more of the plurality of regulated voltage lines.