Patent 7633764 was granted and assigned to Broadcom (company) on December, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Presented herein are ball grid array configurations for reducing path distances. In an exemplary embodiment, there is presented a memory system. The memory system comprises a printed circuit board, a memory controller, and a memory. The printed circuit board comprises a first layer and a second layer. The memory controller comprises a first plurality of pins connected to the first layer and a second plurality of pins connected to the second layer. The memory comprises a first plurality of pins connected to the first layer and a second plurality of pins connected to the second layer. The first layer comprises a plurality of connection paths connecting the first plurality of pins of the memory to the first plurality of pins of the memory controller. The second layer comprises a plurality of connection paths connecting the second plurality of pins of the memory to the second plurality of pins of the memory controller.