US 8,621,175 B2 · Wirelessly configurable memory device

Abstract

A configurable memory includes an interface section, a plurality of memory modules, and an internal configuration section. The interface section includes a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver and interfaces with one or more external components. Each the plurality of memory modules includes a memory MMW transceiver and a plurality of memory cells. The internal configuration section includes a memory management unit and a memory management MMW transceiver. The memory management unit is operable to determine configuration of at least some of the plurality of memory modules to form a memory block, identify an interface MMW transceiver to provide a wireless link to the memory block, and generate a configuration signal based on the determined configuration and the identified interface MMW transceiver. The memory management MMW transmits the MMW configuration signal to the identified interface MMW transceiver and the MMW transceivers of the memory modules.

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Dependent claims

A configurable memory, comprising:

a plurality of memory modules in the configurable memory, wherein the plurality of memory modules includes memory MMW transceivers and a plurality of memory cells;
and
an internal configuration section that includes a memory management millimeter wave (MMW) wireless transceiver, wherein the internal configuration section is configured to:
select a set of the plurality of memory modules to form a memory block in the configurable memory;
identify one or more memory MMW transceivers from a plurality of MMW transceivers to support the memory block;
and
generate a configuration signal including configuration information for the selected set of the plurality of memory modules to form the memory block and the identified one or more memory MMW transceivers to support the memory block;
convert the configuration signal into a MMW wireless configuration signal;
and
transmit the MMW wireless configuration signal by the management MMW wireless transceiver to the one or more memory MMW transceivers for the selected set of the plurality of memory modules to form the memory block and the identified one or more memory MMW transceivers to support the memory block.

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A memory module, comprising:

an array of memory cells having a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines;
and
a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the array, wherein the MMW transceiver is configured to receive a MMW wireless memory access signal;
and
one or more a processing modules configured to:
convert the MMW wireless memory access signal into a memory access request;
determine a location within the array to access based on the memory access request;
and
access the location within the array via corresponding bit lines of the plurality of bit lines and corresponding word lines of the plurality of word lines in accordance with the memory access request.

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A configurable memory device, comprising:

a plurality of memory modules, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of memory modules includes:
a plurality of memory lines;
a MMW front-end, wherein the MMW front-end is configured to:
receive a MMW signal including a memory access request;
convert the MMW signal into an inbound symbol stream;
and
a processing module configured to:
recover the memory access request from the inbound symbol stream;
determine a location within the plurality of memory lines to access based on the memory access request;
access the location via at least one of the plurality of memory lines in accordance with the memory access request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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