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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);

Sandeep Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);

Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Kuljit Bains, Olympia, WA (US);

David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas D. Skelton, San Jose, CA (US);

Bill H. Nale, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);

Sandeep Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);

Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Kuljit Bains, Olympia, WA (US);

David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas D. Skelton, San Jose, CA (US);

Bill H. Nale, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Data regarding physical parameters and security and commands to send such data can be communicated between a memory device and a memory controller using a memory bus connected between the two. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving a first command at a memory device on a memory bus, the first command being other than a read or write command, and receiving a second command together with the first command, the second command to be initiated using lines that are not used by the first command.


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