Kingston Technology Corporation

Kingston Technology Company

Ngoc V Le

Ramon S Co

David Sun

Tat Leung Lai

Thang Nguyen

Benjamin E Chou

Jerry N Le

Ben Wei Chen

Choon-Tak Tang

Chin-Tang Yen

Henry Nguyen

A diagnostic extender card is plugged into a memory module socket on a personal computer (PC) motherboard. The extender card has a test socket that receives a memory module and an intercepting decoder chip that receives the chip-select (CS) from the motherboard that selects the memory module for access. When CS is activated, the intercepting decoder chip illuminates a visual indicator on the extender card, allowing a user to locate a memory module being accessed. The exact translation or mapping from logical addresses of test programs to physical addresses of the memory modules is not needed, since the visual indicator shows which memory module is really being accessed, regardless of proprietary address mapping by north bridge chips. Operating system memory accesses are filtered out by a counter that counts accesses during a period set by a timer. When the number of accesses exceeds a threshold, the visual indicator is lit.

Memory-module extender card for visually decoding addresses from diagnostic programs and ignoring operating system accesses

A management hub is disclosed. The management hub comprises an interface; a master hub controller coupled to the interface; a plurality of ports coupled to the master hub controller; a microcontroller coupled to the master hub controller; and hub setting switch and a slave hub controller coupled to the microcontroller and the plurality of ports. The management hub also includes a memory device coupled to the microcontroller, the memory device including a hidden drive information partition and a hidden drive organizer partition for managing and identifying information in various drives coupled to the plurality of ports, wherein when the management hub is first connected to a host system the drives are displayed in an inactive state.

Managing and indentifying multiple memory storage devices

A Flash memory card system is disclosed. The Flash memory card system comprises a Flash memory wireless host adapter and a Flash memory bus wireless device. The Flash memory wireless host adapter comprises a Flash memory card connector and a Flash memory controller coupled to the Flash memory card connector. The Flash-memory card signals are converted to standard Flash memory internal bus signals by the Flash memory controller. The host adapter further comprises a Flash memory wireless module coupled to the Flash memory controller for receiving and transmitting the standard Flash memory bus signals wirelessly. The Flash-memory bus wireless device comprises a Flash memory bus wireless device adapter coupled to a Flash memory. The device adapter is paired to the wireless module for receiving and transmitting the standard Flash memory bus signals wirelessly. A host device storage capacity utilizing the Flash memory card system is expanded.

Wireless flash memory card expansion system

A memory module is disclosed. The memory module comprises a voltage supply; a memory interface coupled to the voltage supply; a plurality of memory components; and a voltage stabilizer converter (VSC) coupled to the memory interface and to the plurality of memory components, the VSC for ensuring that the plurality of memory components operate at their optimum performance level. A voltage stabilizer memory module (VSMM) in accordance with the present invention includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that contains memory chips, discrete components, a voltage stabilizer converter, and other related components. The voltage stabilizer converter uses system voltage supply as its input and its output is the voltage supply for the DRAM components. Accordingly, the VSSM is more adaptable, more stable and has better performance than conventional memory modules.

Voltage stabilizer memory module

Memory modules such as SIMMs and DIMMs are automatically tested by a target-system motherboard such as a PC motherboard. An automated SIMM/DIMM handler is connected to a handler adaptor board that is mounted to the back or solder-side of the PC motherboard. The relatively flat surface of the solder-side of the PC motherboard allows close mounting of the handler. One or more of the SIMM sockets on the motherboard is removed to provide mounting holes for the handler adaptor board. The handler adaptor board provides electrical connection from the module-under-test (MUT) in the handler to the removed SIMM socket on the PC motherboard. The handler adaptor board provides a slight spacing or offset from the solder-side surface of the PC motherboard's substrate, allowing the handler to be plugged directly into tester-connectors on the handler adaptor board. Since the offset of the adaptor board is slight, the length of electrical connections to the handler is short, minimizing the load on the PC's memory bus. A handler controller card that controls the handler is plugged into the PCI or ISA bus on the PC motherboard. Power to the handler adaptor board is cut when a new module is moved into position in the handler, reducing memory-bus upset.

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