Intel Corporation

Benjamin Lopez Garcia

Raul Enriquez Shibayama

Kai Xiao

Xiaoning Ye

Casey G Thielen

Karen Navarro Castillo

Alfredo Cueva Gonzalez

Techniques and mechanisms for providing connectivity to an integrated circuit device via a hardware interface. In an embodiment, the hardware interface includes contacts forming an array of nodes. Some or all such nodes are arranged in cells, wherein the respective node types of each cell's nodes are according to the same cell pattern. The cell pattern includes eight B nodes for the exchange of data bits, four strobe S nodes for the exchange of strobe signals, and ground (G) nodes for the providing of one or more reference potentials. The cell pattern enables formation of a lattice structure including node-contiguous G nodes each of a respective one of the multiple cells. In another embodiment, a ratio of bi-level nodes (including all S nodes and all G nodes) of the cell pattern to a total number of G nodes of the cell pattern is 12:8 or more.

Hardware interface with space-efficient cell pattern

A method of reducing crosstalk. The method may include forming a first contact over a first vertical conductor. The method may include forming a second contact over a second vertical conductor. The method may include forming a capacitive coupler between the first contact and the second contact, wherein the capacitive coupler is to cancel crosstalk received at the second vertical conductor from the first vertical conductor.

Apparatus for differential far-end crosstalk reduction

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Puebla, Mexico

Benjamin Lopez Garcia