ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,149, issued on March 24, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"GDDR memory expander using CMT connector" was invented by Xiang Li (Portland, Ore.), Konika Ganguly (Portland, Ore.), Tongyan Zhai (Portland, Ore.), George Vergis (Portland, Ore.), Anthony M. Constantine (Portland, Ore.) and Jun Liao (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for GDDR (Graphics Double Date Rate) memory expander using compression mount technology (CMT) connectors. A CMT connector with a dedicated pinout for GDDR-based memory is provided that enables end users and manufacturers to change the amount of GDDR memory pro...