Patent ID: 8656072

Claim:
A memory module consistent with physical dimensions for very-low profile double data rate type three (DDR3) dual inline memory modules, comprising: a very-low profile circuit board approximately 18.75 millimeters (mm) high or less; a plurality of non-volatile memory devices coupled to at least one side of the circuit board, wherein the total thickness of the circuit board and the plurality of non-volatile memory devices is approximately 8 mm or less in thickness; an edge interface along a longitudinal edge of the circuit board having a plurality of contacts along at least one side of the longitudinal edge of the circuit board for coupling the plurality of non-volatile memory devices to a host bus, a first subset of the plurality of contacts repurposed from a non-data, signal function in DDR3 to serial transmissions of data signals, and a second subset of the plurality of contacts repurposed from a non-data, signal function in DDR3 to serial reception of data signals, wherein a clock function under DDR3 is defined by at least one of (a) at least a first contact in the first subset of the plurality of contacts or (b) the second contact in the second subset of the plurality of contacts.