Patent ID: 6378015
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
A solid state memory module for a computer having a motherboard and comprising:a) a parallelepiped housing having at least two edge faces and at last one side face, an area of the at least one side face being greater than an area of each of the at least two edge faces; b) an IDE interface connector on a first of the at least two edge faces engageable with the motherboard such that the at least one side face extends perpendicular to the motherboard; c) an IDE expansion slot in the at least one side face; d) a manually operable master/slave switch on a second of the at least two edge faces; e) a flash memory controller located within the housing; f) a plurality of memories arranged in a flash memory array for data storage and controlled by the flash memory controller; and, g) a manually operable read only switch located on the at least one side face for enabling the data storage to function in a read-only state.