Replaceable non-volatile memory apparatus with a plurality of pluggable electrical connectors

A replaceable memory apparatus, comprising:

• a first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
• a first male pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a first edge;
• a first female pluggable electrical connector mounted to the second side, the first female pluggable electrical connector coupled to the first male pluggable electrical connector to feed through first signals;
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• first read-writeable non-volatile memory mounted to the first side and the second side, the first read-writeable non-volatile memory coupled to the first female pluggable electrical connector and the first male pluggable electrical connector to receive the first signals;
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• one or more support integrated circuits mounted to the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the one or more support integrated circuits to uniquely identify the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board, and wherein the one or more support integrated circuits further to identify the read-writeable non-volatile memory mounted to the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board.

A replaceable memory apparatus comprising:

• a first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
• a first male pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a first edge;
• a first female pluggable electrical connector mounted to the second side, the first female pluggable electrical connector coupled to the first male pluggable electrical connector to feed through first signals;
• first non-volatile memory mounted to the first side and the second side, the first non-volatile memory coupled to the first female pluggable electrical connector and the first male pluggable electrical connector to receive the first signals;
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• one or more support integrated circuits mounted to the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the one or more support integrated circuits to transparently buffer and combine non-volatile memory access operations together to increase memory bandwidth with the non-volatile memory.

A replaceable memory apparatus comprising:

• a first square multilayer printed circuit board with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first square multilayer printed circuit board having signal lines on a plurality of layers;
• a first female pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a first edge;
• a first male pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a second edge opposite the first edge;
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• first read-writeable non-volatile memory mounted to the first side, the first read-writeable non-volatile memory mounted to the first side coupled to the first female pluggable electrical connector and the first male pluggable electrical connector to couple to the signal lines.

A replaceable memory apparatus comprising:

• a first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board having signal lines on a plurality of layers;
• a first pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a first edge of the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board, the first pluggable electrical connector having a first type of gender;
• a second pluggable electrical connector mounted to the first side near a second edge of the first rectangular multilayer printed circuit board opposite the first edge, the first pluggable electrical connector having a second type of gender opposite the first type of gender;
• a third pluggable electrical connector mounted to the second side of the rectangular multilayer printed circuit board near the first edge and having the second type of gender, the third pluggable electrical connector coupled to the first pluggable electrical connector to feed through first signals;
• a fourth pluggable electrical connector mounted to the second side of the rectangular multilayer printed circuit board near the second edge and having the first type of gender, the fourth pluggable electrical connector coupled to the second pluggable electrical connector to feed through second signals;
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• first read-writeable non-volatile memory mounted to the first side, the first read-writeable non-volatile memory coupled to the first pluggable electrical connector to receive the first signals.