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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James P Laudon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel E Lenoski, San Jose, CA (US);
John Manton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael E Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 52 ; 36523003 ; 365 63 ;
Abstract
A high memory capacity dual in-line memory module (DIMM) for use in a directory-based, distributed shared memory multiprocessor computer system including a data memory for storing data and a state memory for storing state or directory information corresponding to at least a portion of the data. The DIMM allows the data and the state information to be accessed independently. The DIMM can be configured in a plurality of storage capacities.