Patent ID: 11860813
Assignee: RAMBUS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
receiving, by a memory appliance over a network interface, a memory related command of a client system said memory related command being an application layer command generated by an application of said client system, wherein said memory appliance comprises a host system, a memory controller, and a plurality of memory devices;
translating, by said memory appliance, said application layer command into a plurality of commands more primitive than said memory related command;
executing, by said memory controller, said plurality of commands on data stored in said plurality of memory devices to produce a result;
establishing a direct memory access (DMA) transfer between said memory controller and said network interface to transfer said result to said client system which sent said memory related command, wherein said memory related command comprises a single memory related command of the client system, and wherein translating said application layer command comprises translating said single memory related command into said plurality of commands more primitive than said memory related command, and said result is transferred over said network interface to said client system; and
notifying said host system of said transfer.