Adapter card with a computer module form factor
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorFrank J. CANNATA
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Abstract
A system includes a circuit board with a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (“PCIe”) backplane. The backplane is configured to receive processing power from a computer module. An adapter card having a computer module form factor is coupled to the PCIe backplane instead of the computer module. The adapter card includes a switch that aggregates one or more PCIe lanes and a transceiver. A communication link couples the transceiver to a remote processor device, which provides processing power to the circuit board.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a circuit board comprising a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) backplane configured to receive processing power from a computer module;
- an adapter card having a computer module form factor and coupled to the PCIe backplane instead of the computer module, the adapter card comprising a switch that aggregates one or more PCIe lanes and a transceiver;
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- a communication link coupling the transceiver to a remote processor device, the remote processor device providing processing power to the circuit board.
An adapter card comprising:
- a computer module form factor configured to couple the card to a circuit board comprising a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) backplane comprising a plurality of PCIe lanes;
- a switch that aggregates the plurality of PCIe lanes;
- a transceiver that transmits and receives data from the PCIe lanes;
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- a communication link coupled to the transceiver and to a remote processor device, the remote processor device providing processing power to the circuit board.
A method of providing processing power to a circuit board comprising a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) backplane configured to receive processing power from a computer module, the method comprising:
- coupling an adapter card having a computer module form factor to the PCIe backplane instead of the computer module, the adapter card comprising a switch that aggregates one or more PCIe lanes and a transceiver;
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- transmitting and receiving on a communication link data between the PCIe lanes and a remote processor device, the remote processor device providing processing power to the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.