Richard Earl Warmke, Age 56Reno, NV

6570944, May 27, 2003

Jun 25, 2001

09/891184

Scott C. Best - Palo Alto CA
Richard E. Warmke - San Jose CA
David B. Roberts - San Jose CA
Frank Lambrecht - Mountain View CA

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

H04L 700

375355, 375360, 375362, 375375, 370517, 327161, 327162, 714731, 714744

An apparatus that reduces sampling errors for data communicated between devices uses phase information acquired from a timing reference signal such as a strobe signal to align a data-sampling signal for sampling a data signal that was sent along with the timing reference signal. The data-sampling signal may be provided by adjustably delaying a clock signal according to the phase information acquired from the strobe signal. The data-sampling signal may also have an improved waveform compared to the timing reference signal, including a fifty percent duty cycle and sharp transitions. The phase information acquired from the timing reference signal may also be used for other purposes, such as aligning received data with a local clock domain, or transmitting data so that it arrives at a remote device in synchronism with a reference clock signal at the remote device.

6720643, Apr 13, 2004

Feb 22, 2001

09/792788

Thomas F. Fox - Palo Alto CA
Sayeh Khalili - San Jose CA
Belgacem Haba - Cupertino CA
David Nguyen - San Jose CA
Richard Warmke - San Jose CA
Xingchao Yuan - Palo Alto CA

Rambus, Inc. - Los Altos CA

H01L 2302

257686, 257777, 257723

The semiconductor module is provided that includes a semiconductor housing and a plurality of integrated circuit dies positioned within the housing. The semiconductor module also includes a programmable memory device positioned within the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of integrated circuit dies. The programmable memory device is programmable to identify the integrated circuit dies that meet a predetermined standard, such as an operating frequency requirement, or a core timing grade. Further, a method is provided for accessing a semiconductor module. The above mentioned housing is provided to enclose the plurality of integrated circuit dies and the programmable memory device. The integrated circuit dies of the plurality of integrated circuit dies that meet a predetermined standard are then identified. The programmable memory device is subsequently programmed to identify the selected integrated circuit dies.

6825841, Nov 30, 2004

Sep 7, 2001

09/949464

Craig E. Hampel - San Jose CA
Richard E. Warmke - San Jose CA
Frederick A. Ware - Los Altos CA

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

G06F 1576

345519, 345545, 345567

A memory device includes multiple data I/O lanes and corresponding lane or column decoders. Instead of providing the same address to each column decoder, decoder logic calculates potentially different column addresses depending on the needs of the device utilizing the memory. For example, the column addresses might be based on a received CAS address and an accompanying offset. This allows data access at alignments that do not necessarily correspond to CAS alignments. The technique is utilized in conjunction with graphics systems in which tiling is used. In systems such as this, memory offsets are specified in terms of pixel columns and rows. The technique is also used in conjunction with a router such as a TCP/IP router, in which individual packets are aligned at CAS boundaries. In this situation, the decoder logic is alternatively configurable to allow access of either an information packet or a plurality of packet headers during a single memory access cycle.

6836503, Dec 28, 2004

Jan 28, 2003

10/353608

Scott C. Best - Palo Alto CA
Richard E. Warmke - San Jose CA
David B. Roberts - San Jose CA
Frank Lambrecht - Mountain View CA

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

H04L 700

375 35, 375360, 375362, 375375, 370517, 714731, 714744

An apparatus that reduces sampling errors for data communicated between devices uses phase information acquired from a timing reference signal such as a strobe signal to align a data-sampling signal for sampling a data signal that was sent along with the timing reference signal. The data-sampling signal may be provided by adjustably delaying a clock signal according to the phase information acquired from the strobe signal. The data-sampling signal may also have an improved waveform compared to the timing reference signal, including a fifty percent duty cycle and sharp transitions. The phase information acquired from the timing reference signal may also be used for other purposes, such as aligning received data with a local clock domain, or transmitting data so that it arrives at a remote device in synchronism with a reference clock signal at the remote device.

7037757, May 2, 2006

Feb 20, 2004

10/783822

Thomas F. Fox - Palo Alto CA, US
Sayeh Khalili - San Jose CA, US
Belgacem Haba - Cupertino CA, US
David Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Richard Warmke - San Jose CA, US
Xingchao Yuan - Palo Alto CA, US

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

H01L 21/44
H01L 21/48
H01L 21/50

438109, 438108

The semiconductor module is provided that includes a semiconductor housing and a plurality of integrated circuit dice positioned within the housing. The semiconductor module also includes a programmable memory device positioned within the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of integrated circuit dice. The programmable memory device is programmable to identify the integrated circuit dice that meet a predetermined standard, such as an operating frequency requirement, or a core timing grade. Further, a method is provided for accessing a semiconductor module. The above mentioned housing is provided to enclose the plurality of integrated circuit dice and the programmable memory device. The integrated circuit dice of the plurality of integrated circuit dice that meet a predetermined standard are then identified. The programmable memory device is subsequently programmed to identify the selected integrated circuit dice.

7285443, Oct 23, 2007

Mar 16, 2006

11/378008

Thomas F. Fox - Palo Alto CA, US
Sayeh Khalili - San Jose CA, US
Belgacem Haba - Cupertino CA, US
David Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Richard Warmke - San Jose CA, US
Xingchao Yuan - Palo Alto CA, US

Rambus, Inc. - Los Altos CA

H01L 21/44
H01L 21/48
H01L 21/50

438108, 438109, 438124, 257E21503

The semiconductor module is provided that includes a semiconductor housing and a plurality of integrated circuit dice positioned within the housing. The semiconductor module also includes a programmable memory device positioned within the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of integrated circuit dice. The programmable memory device is programmable to identify the integrated circuit dice that meet a predetermined standard, such as an operating frequency requirement, or a core timing grade. Further, a method is provided for accessing a semiconductor module. The above mentioned housing is provided to enclose the plurality of integrated circuit dice and the programmable memory device. The integrated circuit dice of the plurality of integrated circuit dice that meet a predetermined standard are then identified. The programmable memory device is subsequently programmed to identify the selected integrated circuit dice.

7349510, Mar 25, 2008

May 24, 2004

10/852864

Scott C. Best - Palo Alto CA, US
Richard E. Warmke - San Jose CA, US
David B. Roberts - San Jose CA, US
Frank Lambrecht - Mountain View CA, US

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

H04L 7/00

375355, 375360, 375362, 375375, 370517, 327161, 327162, 714731, 714744

An apparatus that reduces sampling errors for data communicated between devices uses phase information acquired from a timing reference signal such as a strobe signal to align a data-sampling signal for sampling a data signal that was sent along with the timing reference signal. The data-sampling signal may be provided by adjustably delaying a clock signal according to the phase information acquired from the strobe signal. The data-sampling signal may also have an improved waveform compared to the timing reference signal, including a fifty percent duty cycle and sharp transitions. The phase information acquired from the timing reference signal may also be used for other purposes, such as aligning received data with a local clock domain, or transmitting data so that it arrives at a remote device in synchronism with a reference clock signal at the remote device.

7627066, Dec 1, 2009

Mar 25, 2008

12/079388

Scott C. Best - Palo Alto CA, US
Richard E. Warmke - San Jose CA, US
David B. Roberts - San Jose CA, US
Frank Lambrecht - Mountain View CA, US

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos CA

H04L 7/00

375355, 375360, 375362, 375375, 370517, 327161, 327162, 714731, 714744

An apparatus that reduces sampling errors for data communicated between devices uses phase information acquired from a timing reference signal such as a strobe signal to align a data-sampling signal for sampling a data signal that was sent along with the timing reference signal. The data-sampling signal may be provided by adjustably delaying a clock signal according to the phase information acquired from the strobe signal. The data-sampling signal may also have an improved waveform compared to the timing reference signal, including a fifty percent duty cycle and sharp transitions. The phase information acquired from the timing reference signal may also be used for other purposes, such as aligning received data with a local clock domain, or transmitting data so that it arrives at a remote device in synchronism with a reference clock signal at the remote device.