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US 8,949,473 B1Granted
Hybrid memory blade
AssigneeInphi Corporation
InventorsChristopher Haywood, Chao Xu, Fouad G. Tamer
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to server systems and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provides a memory controller within a server system, where the memory controller is disengageably connected to one or more processors, a plurality of volatile memory modules, and plurality of solid-state memory modules. This memory controller may be connected to other similarly configured memory controllers. The volatile and solid-state memory modules can be removed and/or replaced. There are other embodiments as well.
Claims20
A server system comprising:
- an enclosure having a plurality of mounting interfaces for a plurality of servers;
- a first blade housing structure configured with a length of no more than 900 mm and a width of no more than 500 mm, the first blade housing structure is disengageably coupled to at least one of the mounting interfaces;
- a first memory controller module comprising a first processor interface, a plurality of volatile memory interface, a plurality of solid-state memory interfaces, and a plurality of cascade interfaces, the first memory controller being disengageably mounted on the first blade housing structure;
- a first processor disengageably mounted to a first mounting interface of the enclosure, the processor being connected to the memory controller via the first processor interface;
- a plurality of volatile memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory mounting interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a plurality of solid-state memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory solid state interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a power management system positioned with the enclosure;
- a network interface positioned within the enclosure;
- and
- a thermal management system positioned within the enclosure;
- further comprising a plurality of blade housings for memory blade servers, wherein the first blade structure comprises a hybrid memory blade server.
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A server system comprising:
- an enclosure having a plurality of mounting interfaces for a plurality of servers;
- a first blade housing structure configured with a length of no more than 900 mm and a width of no more than 500 mm, the first blade housing structure is disengageably coupled to at least one of the mounting interfaces;
- a first memory controller module comprising a first processor interface, a plurality of volatile memory interface, a plurality of solid-state memory interfaces, and a plurality of cascade interfaces, the first memory controller being disengageably mounted on the first blade housing structure;
- a first processor disengageably mounted to a first mounting interface of the enclosure, the processor being connected to the memory controller via the first processor interface;
- a plurality of volatile memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory mounting interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a plurality of solid-state memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory solid state interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a power management system positioned with the enclosure;
- a network interface positioned within the enclosure;
- and
- a thermal management system positioned within the enclosure;
- wherein the first memory controller is configured to:
- receive a memory allocation request;
- evaluate a usage requirement associated with the memory allocation request;
- select volatile memory modules and/or solid-state memory modules based on at least one the usage requirement.
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A server system comprising:
- an enclosure having a plurality of mounting interfaces for a plurality of servers;
- a first blade housing structure configured with a length of no more than 900 mm and a width of no more than 500 mm, the first blade housing structure is disengageably coupled to at least one of the mounting interfaces;
- a first memory controller module comprising a first processor interface, a plurality of volatile memory interface, a plurality of solid-state memory interfaces, and a plurality of cascade interfaces, the first memory controller being disengageably mounted on the first blade housing structure;
- a first processor disengageably mounted to a first mounting interface of the enclosure, the processor being connected to the memory controller via the first processor interface;
- a plurality of volatile memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory mounting interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a plurality of solid-state memory modules disengageably mounted to a plurality of memory solid state interfaces of the first blade housing structure;
- a power management system positioned with the enclosure;
- a network interface positioned within the enclosure;
- and
- a thermal management system positioned within the enclosure wherein the first memory controller is configured to copy data stored in volatile memory modules to the solid-state memory modules in response to one or more predetermined conditions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.