Address/Command Chip Controlled Data Chip Address Sequencing for A Distributed Memory Buffer System

A memory system for reading and writing data to a memory device, the system comprising:

• at least one memory control circuit to receive commands from a Host and to output command and control signals;
• at least one memory device configured to read and store data, and receive command signals from the memory control circuit;
• at least one data buffer circuit associated with the at least one memory control circuit;
• a data communications link for communicating data between the Host and the at least one memory device, wherein the data communications link includes a communications link between the Host and the at least one data buffer circuit, and the at least one data buffer circuit and the at least one memory device, and only data is transmitted on the communications link between the at one least data buffer circuit and the Host;
• and
• a control communications link between the at least one memory control circuit, the at least one memory device, and the at least one data buffer circuit for transmitting reading and writing operation signals of the memory system;
• wherein the at least one memory control circuit is configured to:
• decode a store command into a write-to-buffer command and a store-from-buffer command;
• send the write-to-buffer command along with the store data tag to the at least one data buffer circuit;
• send a store command to the at least one memory device;
• and
• send the store-from-buffer command along with store data tag to the at least one data buffer circuit, and
• wherein the at least one data buffer circuit is configured to:
• send incoming store data into a local data buffer pointed to by the local store data tag obtained by the memory control circuit;
• pull out store data from the local data buffer pointed to by store data tag received from the at least one memory control circuit;
• and
• send store data to the at least one memory device.

A method for storing data in memory devices, the method comprising:

• obtaining a store command and store data tag from a host;
• processing the store command in a memory control circuit into a write-to-buffer command and a store-from-buffer command;
• sending the write-to-buffer command and a store data tag from the memory control circuit to at data buffer circuit;
• and
• pushing incoming data into the location in the data buffer circuit pointed to by the store data tag obtained from the memory control circuit.