ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,862, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Zigzag wired memory module" was invented by Jonghyun Seok (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyeongseon Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a multi-layer having a wiring structure formed therein. A length of the PCB in a first direction is longer than a length of the PCB in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A plurality of memory chips includes a plurality of solder balls. The plurality of memory chips is arranged in a first row and a second row r...