Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to memory operation with on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A memory device may be configured to provide ODT at a first portion (e.g., rank) during multiple communications at a second portion (e.g., rank). For example, a memory device may receive a first command instructing a first portion to perform a first communication and instructing a second portion to enter an ODT mode. The device may perform, with the first portion, the first communication with a host while the second portion is in the ODT mode. The device may receive a second command instructing the first portion to perform a second communication, and the device may perform, with the first portion, the second communication while the second portion remains in the ODT mode. The second portion may persist in the ODT mode for an indicated number of communications, or until instructed to exit the ODT mode.

A data processing system includes a compute blade generating a write command to store data and a read command to read the data, and a memory blade. The compute blade has a memory that stores information about performance characteristics of each of a plurality of memories, and determines priority information through which eviction of a cache line is carried out based on the stored information.

The present disclosure provides page buffer circuits of 3D NAND devices. In some embodiments, the page buffer circuit comprises a first bit line segment sensing branch connected to a first bit line segment of a bit line, and a second bit line segment sensing branch connected to a second bit line segment of the bit line. The first bit line segment sensing branch and the second bit line segment sensing branch are parallel connected to a sensing node of the page buffer circuit. In some embodiments, the first bit line segment sensing branch comprises a first sense latch and a first bit line pre-charge path, and the second bit line segment sensing branch comprises a second sense latch and a second bit line pre-charge path.

The present disclosure provides techniques for using a multiple-port buffer to improve a transaction rate of a memory module. In an example, a memory module can include a circuit board having an external interface, first memory devices mounted to the circuit board, and a first multiple-port buffer circuit mounted to the circuit board. The first multiple-port buffer circuit can include a first port coupled to data lines of the external interface, the first port configured to operate at a first transaction rate, a second port coupled to data lines of a first plurality of the first memory devices, and a third port coupled to data lines of a second plurality of the first memory devices. The second and third ports can be configured to operate at a second transaction rate, wherein the second transaction rate is slower than the first transaction rate.

The present application provides a storage system including a data port. The data port includes a data output unit. The data output unit includes: a pull-up unit having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, a first input signal being inputted to the control terminal, the first terminal being electrically connected to a power supply, the second terminal being connected to an output terminal of the data output unit, and the pull-up unit being a first NMOS transistor; and a pull-down unit having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, a second input signal being inputted to the control terminal, the first terminal being electrically connected to a ground terminal, and the second terminal being connected to the output terminal of the data output unit.

A data storage system includes a plurality of memory dies and interface circuitry, including a receiver configured to receive pulses of a read clock signal; an I/O contact pad coupled to the receiver via a signal path of an interface channel; and on-die-termination (ODT) circuitry coupled to the I/O contact pad and the receiver. The ODT circuitry includes a plurality of resistor pairs, each including a pull-up resistor selectively coupled to the signal path via a first switch, and a pull-down resistor selectively coupled to the signal path via a second switch; and ODT control circuitry configured to enable ODT at the interface circuitry by causing each of the switches to be closed during a first stage of the read operation, and disable ODT at the interface circuitry by causing each of the switches to be open during a final stage of the read operation.

A memory device includes a plurality of data input/output (I/O) groups each including data I/O circuits, each data I/O circuit comprising a transistor having a predetermined threshold voltage according to a bulk voltage supplied to a bulk terminal thereof; a control circuit suitable for generating a control signal according to a data I/O mode; and a plurality of voltage supply circuits suitable for independently supplying bulk voltages to the plurality of data I/O groups, and changing, in response to the control signal, a level of a bulk voltage corresponding to data I/O groups unused in the data I/O mode, among the plurality of data I/O groups.

An apparatus includes a voltage regulator coupled with a first voltage source, which supplies core memory circuitry. A first transistor is coupled between an output of the voltage regulator and input/output (I/O) circuitry. A second transistor is coupled between a second voltage source and the I/O circuitry, the second voltage source to power a set of I/O buffers. Control logic coupled with gates of the first and second transistors is to perform operations including: causing the second transistor to be activated to permit current to flow from the second voltage source to the I/O circuitry; in response to detecting a current draw from the I/O circuitry that satisfies a first threshold criterion, causing the first transistor to be activated; and causing the second transistor to be deactivated over a time interval during which the I/O circuitry is powered by the first voltage source and the second voltage source.

A signal generator includes a first amplifier for outputting an amplified voltage in response to a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, a divider circuit for dividing the amplified voltage to generate a divided voltage and the feedback voltage, and a buffer group for outputting a common sensing signal in response to the amplified voltage and outputting a sensing signal in response to the divided voltage, and a memory device including the signal generator.

A memory device includes a driver that drives a data line connected with an external device, an internal ZQ manager that generates an internal ZQ start signal, a selector that selects one of the internal ZQ start signal and a ZQ start command from the external device, based on a ZQ mode, a ZQ calibration engine that generates a ZQ code by performing ZQ calibration in response to a selection result of the selector, and a ZQ code register that loads the ZQ code onto the driver in response to a ZQ calibration command from the external device.