Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared command address (C/A) bus for multiple memory channels
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Application No.: US15278802Application Date: 2016-09-28
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Publication No.: US09940984B1Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: MD Altaf Hossain , Nagi Aboulenein , Jayapratap Bharathan
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Compass IP Law PC
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10 ; G06F13/16 ; G11C8/18

Abstract:
A shared command/address (C/A) bus for memory devices in a multi-channel configuration can enable reducing the number of pins and signal lines in a memory subsystem. In one embodiment, a memory controller includes hardware logic to generate commands to access a plurality of memory devices via a plurality of channels and input/output (I/O) circuitry to transmit command/address (C/A) information for the commands to the plurality of memory devices over a single C/A bus for the plurality of channels. In one embodiment, double-speed strobe signal lines can also enable reducing the number of pins and signal lines in a memory subsystem.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180090185A1 SHARED COMMAND ADDRESS (C/A) BUS FOR MULTIPLE MEMORY CHANNELS Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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