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US 2003/0117876 A1Published application
Methods and systems for reducing heat flux in memory systems
AssigneeRambus Inc.
InventorsSteven C. Woo, Craig E. Hampel
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing heat flux in memory systems are described. In various embodiments, heat flux reductions are achieved by manipulating the device IDs of individual memory devices that comprise a memory module. Through the various described techniques, the per-face heat flux can be desirably reduced. Further, in some embodiments, reductions in heat flux are achieved by providing control lines that operably connect memory devices on different faces of a memory module.
Claims1
A power management method comprising:
- providing one or more memory modules each comprising one or more faces, multiple channels on one or more of the faces, multiple memory devices on each channel, the memory devices being configured for operation in lock-step;
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- assigning device IDs for each device, the device IDs being arranged so that power dissipation per face is minimized.
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