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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Hak-soo Yu, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun-jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyoung-joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Joo-young Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
In-su Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hak-Soo Yu, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun-Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyoung-Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Joo-Young Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
In-Su Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A device includes a memory controller, a memory bus coupled to the memory controller, an internal memory and an external memory connection unit. The internal memory may be directly connected to the memory controller through the memory bus. The external memory connection unit may connect an external memory directly to the memory controller through a portion of signal lines in the memory bus, and may generate a flag signal indicating whether the external memory is connected to the external memory connection unit.