Methods and apparatuses for signal translation in a buffered memory

A system comprising:

• a first data bus having a first width;
• a host coupled to the first data bus and configured to provide a first signal;
• and
• a memory system comprising:
• a second data bus and a third data bus coupled to the first data bus, wherein each of the second data bus and the third data bus have a second width half the first width, wherein the second data bus is configured to receive a first portion of the first signal and the third data bus is configured to receive a second portion of the first signal;
• a first data buffer configured to receive the first portion of the first signal and convert the first portion of the first signal to a first portion of a second signal and a second portion of a second signal, wherein the second signal is encoded according to a different protocol than the first signal;
• a second data buffer configured to receive the second portion of the first signal and convert the second portion of the first signal to a third portion of the second signal and a fourth portion of the second signal;
• a first memory configured to receive the first portion of the second signal;
• a second memory configured to receive the second portion of the second signal;
• a third memory configured to receive the third portion of the second signal;
• and
• a fourth memory configured to receive the fourth portion of the second signal.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a plurality of data buffers, corresponding portions of a first signal encoded according to a first protocol;
• converting, at the plurality of data buffers, each of the portions of the first signal into a plurality of portions of a second signal, wherein the second signal is encoded according to a second protocol different from the first protocol;
• and
• providing each of the plurality of portions of the second signal to a corresponding one of a plurality of memories.