METHOD TO REALIZE RECONFIGURABLE MEMORY TOPOLOGY

• Main Authors: Phan Lu-Vong, Xiao Kai, Ouyang Gong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.06.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

An apparatus and method to permit reconfiguration of a memory topology. A printed circuit board (PCB) has a central processing unit (CPU) connector coupled a pair of dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors coupled thereto. The PCB defines an electrical access channel coupling the pair of DIMM connectors into a T topology having a first branch and a second branch. The second branch of the T topology is electrically discontinuous with the rest of the T topology proximate to a T junction. A bridge may be provided to span the discontinuity.