Processor module, micro-server, and method of using processor module
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHa-uk RYU
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Abstract
A processor module includes at least one storage device, at least one central processing unit (CPU) that uses a preset interface, and a module controller to relay a connection between a common interface bus formed on the based board and an interface used by the CPU.
Claims21
A processor module that is installable on a base board of a micro-server, the processor module comprising:
- at least one storage device;
- at least one central processing unit (CPU) that uses a preset interface;
- and
- a module controller to relay a connection between a common interface bus formed on the based board and an interface used by the CPU.
A micro-server comprising:
- a main controller;
- a base board on which the main controller is mounted;
- a common interface bus formed on the based board;
- and
- a plurality of different types of processor modules installed on the based board to be connected to the main controller through the common interface bus,
- wherein the plurality of processor modules respectively comprise a module controller to relay connections between the common interface bus and an interface used by CPUs mounted in the processor modules.
A method of using a processor module of a micro-server comprising a based board on which a main controller is mounted, a common interface bus formed on the based board, and the processor module installed on the base board to be connected to the common interface bus, the method comprising:
- if a module controller of the processor module receives a first signal through the common interface bus formed on the base board, converting the first signal so that the first signal corresponds to an interface used by a CPU mounted in the processor module and transmitting the converted first signal to the CPU;
- and
- if the CPU outputs a second signal, converting the second signal so that the second signal corresponds to the common interface bus, through the module controller and transmitting the converted second signal from the module controller to the main controller through the common interface bus.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium executing a method of a micro-server comprising a based board on which a main controller is mounted, a common interface bus formed on the based board, and the processor module installed on the base board to be connected to the common interface bus, the method comprising:
- if a module controller of the processor module receives a first signal through the common interface bus formed on the base board, converting the first signal so that the first signal corresponds to an interface used by a CPU mounted in the processor module and transmitting the converted first signal to the CPU;
- and
- if the CPU outputs a second signal, converting the second signal so that the second signal corresponds to the common interface bus and transmitting the converted second signal from the module controller to the main controller through the common interface bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.