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System and method for optimizing interconnections of components in a multichip memory module

  • US 7,870,329 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2006
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A memory module, comprising:

  • a circuit board;

    a memory hub positioned on the circuit board;

    a plurality of memory devices positioned around the memory hub and arranged in pairs, each pair of memory devices having the memory devices positioned orthogonally to one another;

    a plurality of data busses, each data bus electrically coupled to the memory hub and a respective one of the plurality of memory devices, the data busses coupled to the memory devices of a pair routed perpendicular to one another; and

    a plurality of command-address busses, each command-address bus coupling two adjacent memory devices to the memory hub, each command-address bus having a portion routed at an angle relative to the data busses; and

    a connector coupled to the memory hub and configured to couple at least one of command, address, and data signals to the memory hub.

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