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Sanmina-SCI Assigned Patent

Supporting storage modules in standard memory and/or hybrid memory bus architectures

Sanmina-SCI Corporation, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,390,035) developed by Hinkle, Jonathan R., Raleigh, NC, and Sweere, Paul, Foothill Ranch, CA, for a “method and apparatus for supporting storage modules in standard memory and/or hybrid memory bus architectures.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A memory/storage module is provided that implements a solid state drive compatible with Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, (SATA) or Serial Attached SCSI, (SAS) signaling on a double-data-rate compatible socket. A detachable daughter card may be coupled to the memory module for converting a memory bus voltage to a second voltage for memory devices on the memory module. Additionally, a hybrid memory bus on a host system is provided that supports either DDR-compatible memory modules and/or SATA/SAS-compatible memory modules. In one example, the memory/storage module couples to a first bus, (DDR3 compatible socket) to obtain voltage and/or other signals, but uses a second bus for data transfers. In another example, the memory module may repurpose/reuse electrical paths that typically carry non-data signals for data traffic to/from the memory/storage module. Such data traffic for the memory/storage module permits concurrent data traffic for other memory modules on the same memory bus.

The patent application was filed on December 21, 2010 (12/975,347).

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