ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,307, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rambus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Memory systems and methods for improved power management" was invented by Frederick A. Ware (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and James E. Harris (Tyler, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory module with multiple memory devices includes a buffer system that manages communication between a memory controller and the memory devices. Each memory device supports an access mode and a low-power mode, the latter used to save power for devices that are not immediately needed. The module provides granular power management using a chip-select decoder that decodes chip-selec...