Patent ID: 6256217
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G11C,H05K

Abstract:
A memory module for storing data, comprising:a substrate having a plurality of edge connectors;a dynamic random access memory device (DRAM), the DRAM mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to a first of the edge connectors; anda serial EEPROM having a write control pin and a serial data pin, the serial data pin electrically connected to a second of the edge connectors, the serial EEPROM containing data stored in the serial EEPROM via the second of the edge connectors and the serial data pin, the data indicating the type of the DRAM, wherein the serial EEPROM is operable to output the data via the serial data pin and the second of the edge connectors, but the data in the serial EEPROM may not be modified via the second of the edge connectors and the serial data pin.