Patent ID: 7869243
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A memory module, comprising: a module board comprising a front side and a back side; a plurality of first memory devices arranged in at least two rows on the front side; a plurality of second memory devices arranged in at least two rows on the back side; a first register device for providing first control signals to at least one first row of the first memory devices and to at least one first row of the second memory devices; a second register device for providing first control signals to at least one second row of the first memory devices and to at least one second row of the second memory devices; and contact terminals for coupling the memory module to a data processing system, the contact terminals comprising control line terminals and common data line terminals wherein a first subset of the control line terminals are connected to the first register device, a second subset of the control line terminals are connected to the second register device, and the common data line terminals are connected to the plurality of first memory devices and to the plurality of second memory devices.