ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,175, issued on May 26, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Buffer chip, semiconductor package including buffer chip and memory chip, memory module, and operation method of semiconductor package" was invented by Choung Ki Song (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Kwan Dong Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor package may include: a package substrate including a plurality of terminals for communication with a memory controller and a plurality of bonding pads for communication inside a package; a buffer chip located on the package substrate; a plurality of memory chips stacked on the buf...