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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:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:

Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Keith Lowery, Garland, TX (US);

Vlad Fruchter, Los Altos, CA (US);

Chi-Ming Yeung, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/17331 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 12/0653 (2013.01); G06F 12/0692 (2013.01); G06F 13/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory appliance system is described and includes a processor coupled to one or more communication channels with a command interface, wherein the processor is configured for communicating commands over the communication channels. A plurality of Smart Memory Cubes (SMCs) is coupled to the processor through the communication channels. Each of the SMCs includes a controller that is programmable, and a plurality of memory devices. The controller is configured to respond to commands from the command interface to access content stored in one or more of the plurality of memory devices and to perform data operations on content accessed from the plurality of memory devices.


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