Patent ID: 8198716

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first die having a first set of one or more die backside wire bond pads, wherein at least one of the first set of one or more wire bond pads is coupled to a first end of a through silicon via (TSV) through a die backside metal layer; and a second die coupled between the first die and a package substrate, the second die having a second set of one or more wire bond pads, wherein a second end of the through silicon via is to be coupled to an active metal layer of the second die and at least one of the second set of one or more wire bond pads, wherein one or more of a third set of wire bond pads on the package substrate are to be directly coupled to one or more of the first set of one or more die backside wire bond pads and one or more of the second set of one or more die backside wire bond pads.