Patent ID: 8463959

Claim:
A method for operating a plurality of devices, one of the devices being configured to write a word, the one device having first and second ports, the method comprising: storing at the one device a first identification (ID) number received at the first port of the one device and a second ID number received at the second port of the one device; receiving, by the one device, a data command through at least one of the first and second ports, the data command having a command ID number; and executing, by the one device, the data command when at least one of the command ID number is equal to the stored first ID number when the data command is received through the first port, and the command ID number is equal to the stored second ID number when the data command is received through the second port, the executing the data command including writing a first half of the word through the first port of the one device and a second half of the word through the second port of the one device; wherein the executing the data command further includes delaying one of the first half of the word and the second half of the word by a number of clock cycles equal to the absolute numerical difference between the stored first and second ID numbers.