ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,161, issued on July 22.
"Individually addressing memory devices disconnected from a data bus" was invented by Scott E. Schaefer (Boise, Idaho) and Matthew A. Prather (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Memory devices and methods for operating the same are provided. A memory device can include at least one command contact and at least one data contact. The memory device can be configured to detect a condition in which the at least one command contact is connected to a controller and the at least one data contact is disconnected from the controller, and to enter, based at least in part on detecting the condition, a first opera...