Capturing read data
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorPaul A. LaBerge
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Abstract
A bridge for use with a local bus and a memory bus capable of indicating data includes conductive traces and a local bus interface. The conductive traces are adapted to communicate indications of the data from a first region near the memory bus to a second region near the local bus. The local bus interface is located closer to the local bus than to the memory bus, and the local bus interface includes a buffer that is adapted to capture the indications of the data from the conductive traces near the second region to directly capture the data from the memory bus.
Claims18
A computer system comprising:
- a local bus;
- a memory bus capable of indicating data;
- and
- a buffer adapted to capture the data directly from the memory bus, the buffer being located closer to the local bus than to the memory bus.
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A computer system comprising:
- a local bus;
- a memory bus capable of indicating data and a strobe signal;
- and
- a bridge comprising:
- communication lines to communicate the data and the strobe signal from the memory bus to a region closer to the local bus than to the memory bus, and
- a buffer to respond directly to the strobe signal in the region to capture the data from the communication lines.
A bridge comprising:
- communication lines to communicate data and a strobe signal from a memory bus to a region closer to a local bus than to the memory bus;
- and
- a buffer to respond directly to the strobe signal to in the region capture the data from the communication lines.
A method usable with a computer system, comprising:
- forming an extension of a memory bus into a bridge, the extension communicating data and a data strobe signal from the memory bus;
- and
- near a region closer to a local bus than to the memory bus, latching the data from the extension in response to the data strobe signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.