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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Federico Tiziani, Munich, DE;
Giovanni Campardo, Bergamo, IT;
Massimo Iaculo, San Marco Evangelista, IT;
Claudio Giaccio, Torre del Greco, IT;
Manuela Scognamiglio, Burago Molgora, IT;
Danilo Caraccio, Buonalbergo, IT;
Ornella Vitale, Cicciano, IT;
Antonino Pollio, Vico Equense, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclose a controller to manage memory devices. In an exemplary method, signals are exchanged with a host processor to allow the host processor to communicate with a plurality of memory devices in a memory stack as a single device, regardless of an actual number of memory devices within the memory stack. Power is provided to a single one of the plurality of the memory devices in the memory stack at a time to reduce power consumption. Other methods, apparatuses, and devices are also disclosed.