Patent ID: 6683372
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06F,G11C,H05K

Abstract:
A memory module comprising:a printed circuit board including a connector edge adapted for insertion within a socket of a computer system, wherein said connector edge includes a plurality of electrical contact pads for conveying electrical signals; a plurality of stacked memory packages mounted upon said printed circuit board, each of said stacked memory packages including a first memory die and a second memory die, and wherein said first memory die of each of said stacked memory packages forms a portion of a first bank of memory and said second memory die of each of said stacked memory packages forms a portion of a second bank of memory; a clock driver chip; a serial storage unit, wherein said serial storage unit stores module identification information and signal line routing information which correlates each of at least some of said contact pads of said connector edge to a corresponding pin of a particular stacked memory package; and, at least one line driver chip configured to drive control signals and/or address signals.