Patent ID: 8680684

Claim:
A microelectronic assembly, comprising: a first microelectronic package, including: a substrate having first and second opposed surfaces and substrate contacts thereon; first and second microelectronic elements each having element contacts electrically connected with at least some of the substrate contacts, the first and second microelectronic elements being spaced apart from one another on the first surface so as to provide an interconnect area of the first surface between the first and second microelectronic elements; third and fourth microelectronic elements spaced on opposite sides of the interconnect area between the first and second microelectronic elements; a plurality of package terminals at the second surface electrically interconnected with the substrate contacts for connecting the package with a component external to the package; and a plurality of stack terminals exposed at the first surface in the interconnect area for connecting the package with a component overlying the first surface of the substrate; and a second microelectronic package overlying the first microelectronic package and having terminals joined to the stack terminals of the first microelectronic package.