Systems, among other embodiments, include topologies (data and/or
control/address information) between an integrated circuit buffer device
(that may be coupled to a master, such as a memory controller) and a
plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. For example, data may be
provided between the plurality of integrated circuit memory devices and
the integrated circuit buffer device using separate segmented (or
point-to-point link) signal paths in response to control/address
information provided from the integrated circuit buffer device to the
plurality of integrated circuit buffer devices using a single fly-by (or
bus) signal path. An integrated circuit buffer device enables
configurable effective memory organization of the plurality of integrated
circuit memory devices. The memory organization represented by the
integrated circuit buffer device to a memory controller may be different
than the actual memory organization behind or coupled to the integrated
circuit buffer device. The buffer device segments and merges the data
transferred between the memory controller that expects a particular
memory organization and actual memory organization.