Some obsevations that lend some credence to what I previously posted. (Even as late as 1999 they were just thinking about placing the processor on the same die as main memory).

In reading 4956811, I get the impression that the invention relates only to DRAM chips. I don't see any indication that the clock and the microprocessor reside on the same substrate as the memory. So, IMHO, how many DRAM cells one can cram onto a chip is not really relavent to the 148 invention. Anyone else read 4956811 and see something different? Opty