External RAM module

Patent 7225295 Issued on May 29, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 4, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation

Application

No. 11028706 filed on 01/04/2005

US Classes:

711/115, Detachable memory711/104, Solid-state random access memory (RAM)365/63, INTERCONNECTION ARRANGEMENTS361/818, EMI711/146, Snooping710/316, Path selecting switch711/153, Shared memory partitioning439/59, With mating connector which receives panel circuit edge710/2, Input/Output expansion711/165Internal relocation

Examiners

Primary: Griffin, Walter D.
Assistant: Horvath, Thomas

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

10005518 DE 08/01/2001

International Classes

G06F 13/00
G06F 3/00
G06F 12/00

Abstract

An external random access memory (RAM) module for increasing the RAM capacity of a computer system. The RAM module includes: a plurality of RAM slots for receiving removable memory modules; a memory addressing unit for addressing the removable memory modules in the external RAM module; and a connector for connecting the memory addressing unit to an external port of the computer system, wherein the external port is addressable by a processing unit in the computer system.