ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,923, issued on May 13, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Compression attached memory module for offset stacking" was invented by Arnold Thomas Schnell (Hutto, Texas) and Joseph Daniel Mallory (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression attached memory module (CAMM) includes a memory device, a first array of compression contact pads and a second array of compression contact pads. The first array of compression contact pads receives a first memory channel and a second memory channel. The first memory channel is coupled to the first memory device. The second array of compression contact pads is c...