Multiprocessor system using stacked processor modules and board to board connectors
AssigneeShenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsLi Yao, Wei Chen
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Abstract
A multiprocessor system is provided, comprising a baseboard, for arranging peripheral equipments; and a plurality of processor modules, each equipped with a processor and a board-to-board connector; wherein the plurality of processor modules are stacked up, with board-to-board connectors being electrically connected between the processor modules and between the processor modules and the baseboard; the processors communicate with the peripheral equipments in accordance with a specific bus specification; and the operations of the plurality of processor modules are coordinated by routes provided between the processor modules and between the processor modules and the baseboard.
Claims10
A multiprocessor system, comprising:
- a baseboard, configured to arrange plural processors and one or more peripheral equipments, wherein the processors and the one or more peripheral equipments are configured to communicate according to a specific bus specification comprising a signal-to-processor port assignment;
- a plurality of stacked processor modules, each comprising a processor;
- a plurality of board-to-board connectors configured to electrically interconnect the plural processors and the baseboard;
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- an identifying module configured to identify each of the processor modules,
- wherein the processor modules have identical configurations,
- wherein the specific bus specification comprises a symmetrical bus,
- wherein the board-to-board connectors comprise a signal path configured to route a signal defined by the signal-to-processor port assignment to a port of a selected one of the plural processors, and
- wherein the signal path is defined by a position of the selected processor within the stack of processor modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.