Patent ID: 7206896

Claim:
An integrated circuit buffer device comprising: a first receiver circuit to receive, control information and address information, from a controller device; a first interface including: a first interface portion to provide a first address to a first memory device, the first address corresponding to the address information; a second interface portion to provide a first control signal to the first memory device, the first control signal corresponding to the control information, the first control signal to specify a read operation such that the first memory device provides a first data, accessed from a memory location based on the first address, to the integrated circuit buffer device in response to the first control signal specifying the read operation; and a third interface portion to provide a first clock signal to the first memory device, the first clock signal to synchronize communication of the first control signal from the integrated circuit buffer device to the first memory device; a fourth interface portion to receive the first data; a second interface including: a first interface portion to provide a second address to a second memory device, the second address corresponding to the address information; and a second interface portion to provide a second control signal to the second memory device, the second control signal corresponding to the control information, the second control signal to specify a read operation such that the second memory device provides a second data to the integrated circuit buffer device in response to the second control signal specifying the read operation; a third interface portion to provide a second clock signal to the second memory device, the second clock signal to synchronize communication of the second control signal from the integrated circuit buffer device to the first memory device; and a fourth interface portion to receive the second data; and a first transmitter circuit to transmit the first data and the second data to the controller device.