Dell Products Inc.

Elizabeth Raymond

Shree Ramakrishna Rathinasamy

Jonathan Foster Lewis

Ramesh Radhakrishnan

A receptacle connector may include a receptacle for receiving a corresponding edge connector of a device, a plurality of electrically-conductive pins configured to electrically couple to associated pins of the corresponding edge connector when the receptacle connector is populated with the device, an optical transmitter at a first end of the receptacle, and an optical receiver at a second end of the receptacle opposite the first end and arranged relative to the optical transmitter such that in an absence of misshape of the receptacle connector, the optical receiver receives at least a significant portion of electromagnetic energy generated by the optical transmitter.

Systems and methods for detecting misshapen receptacle connector

An information handling system may include at least one central processing unit (CPU); and a plurality of special-purpose processing units. The information handling system may be configured to: receive information regarding cooling characteristics of the plurality of special-purpose processing units; and assign identification (ID) numbers to each of the plurality of special-purpose processing units in an order that is determined based at least in part on the cooling characteristics.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Elizabeth Raymond