Patents Assigned to Via Technologyies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6377510
    Abstract: A memory control system for controlling write-enable signals. The memory control system has a first memory slot having a write-enable pin thereon, a second memory slot having a first write-enable pin and a second write-enable pin thereon and a control chipset having a write-enable pin and a dual-purpose write-enable/memory-parity-data pin thereon. The write-enable pin of the control chipset is connected to the write-enable pin of the first memory slot and the first write-enable pin of the second memory slot. The write-enable/memory-parity-data pin of the control chipset is connected to the second write-enable pin of the second memory slot. In this invention, since the design of the write-enable system is more flexible, length of trace line on a computer board can be greatly reduced. In addition, the system permits the incorporation of one cycle (1T) timing into design of memory access commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Via Technologyies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nai-Shung Chang, Tsai-Sheng Chen, Shu-Hui Chen