ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,012, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory die stack chip ID-based command structure" was invented by Hari Giduturi (Folsom, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system can include a stack of memory dies such as including a primary die and two or more secondary dies. The primary die can communicate with an external host device and with the secondary dies. In an example, the primary die can issue a command to the secondary dies using a first command message that includes an opcode field specifying a memory operation, a first chip identification field specifying a selected first die...