ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,407, issued on July 7, was assigned to Netlist Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Memory module with local clock signals" was invented by Hyun Lee (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Jayesh Bhakta (Cerritos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory module is operable in a computer system having a memory controller and a system bus and comprises memory devices organized in a plurality of groups, and circuits coupled to the memory devices. The circuits including circuitry configurable to receive from the memory controller a system clock and input control and address (C/A) signals, and to generate a module clock signal and module C/A signals in respon...