Patent ID: 8135999
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A first memory module device, comprising: a first memory buffer to detect whether the first memory buffer device is a last memory buffer device on a memory channel, wherein the memory channel couples a host to one or more memory buffer devices including the first memory buffer device; the first memory buffer to disable at least one outbound buffer driver in the first memory buffer device in response to detecting the first memory buffer device is the last memory buffer device on the memory channel; the first memory buffer to receive an outbound frame from the memory channel; and the at least one outbound buffer driver configurable to drive the outbound frame to a second memory buffer device of the one or more memory buffer devices on the memory channel in response to receiving the outbound frame and the first memory buffer device not being the last memory buffer device on the memory channel.