Universal non-volatile memory card used with various different standard cards containing a memory controller

A memory card, comprising:

• first and second non-volatile memory integrated circuit chips encased in said card and each having a plurality of electrical circuit contact regions on one surface thereof along opposite first and second sides of the chip,
• a set of externally accessible electrical contacts allowing communication between the first and second integrated circuit chips and an external device,
• said externally accessible electrical contacts formed from ends of conductors of a patterned leadframe, said leadframe including a first plurality of conductors positioned in between said first and second chips and providing physical support for the chips, the contact regions along the second side of each of the chips being electrically connected with the first plurality of leadframe conductors of both the first and second chips at ends thereof adjacent the second side of the chips and the contact regions along the first side of the chips being electrically connected with a second plurality of said leadframe conductors adjacent the first side of the chips, the second plurality of said leadframe conductors being shorter than the first plurality of said leadframe conductors by not extending in between the first and second chips between said first and second sides of the chip.