NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE MEMORY ELEMENT, NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE MEMORY MODULE, NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE AREA NETWORK ACCELERATOR

摘要

A network-accessible memory (NAM) element (1) comprises a substrate (2) , a memory (3) mounted to the substrate, network interface circuitry (4) and logic circuitry (5) . The network interface circuitry (4) implements a network physical layer (4) and is mounted to the substrate (2) . The logic circuitry (5) is mounted to the substrate (2) and is coupled to the network interface circuitry (4) and the memory (3) , and is configured to operate as a memory controller (5) to control access to the memory by a host processor which is external to the WAM element through the network interface circuitry. The KTAM element (l)can be interconnected with other WAM elements to form a larger WAM storage device.