Intel Corporation

Jay G Gilbert

Edoardo Campini

Preston Joel Hunt

Steven Denies

Douglas Lee Stahl

Andrew S Liu

Jacek Budny

Gerard Wisniewski

A stacked multiple connection module that provides multiple times the input/output (I/O) signal capacity of a single connection module. In one embodiment, a stacked dual connection module includes first and second circuit boards with respective edge connectors maintained at a parallel offset and configured to couple to a mating two slotted stacked edge connector. A connection means is provided to couple signals between the first and second circuit boards, such that components mounted on the first and/or second circuit board are enabled to access I/O signals via both of the edge connectors, thus doubling I/O signal capacity. In one embodiment, the stacked dual connection module comprises an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) module having edge connectors configured to mate with an AdvancedMC connector.

Stacked multiple connection module

The present invention discloses method and system of encoding audio information (e.g., music, speech, etc.) from an analog medium (e.g., vinyl recordings, cassette tapes, etc.) into a compressed, track-oriented, digital format using attribute information and silence detection. The invention generates an analog audio signal by reproducing the audio information recorded on the analog medium, which is recorded on a plurality of discrete analog tracks. The analog audio signal is then sampled to generate a digital audio file (i.e., WAV file). The digital audio file is filtered to correct defects and then separated into a plurality of discrete digital audio tracks. Attribute information, such as track length, is accessed and confirmed by silence detection techniques in order to provide separation. This separation is accomplished such that each of the discrete digital audio tracks contains audio information corresponding to each of the discrete analog tracks, and are thus, arranged in a track-oriented digital format. The discrete digital audio tracks are then compressed (e.g., MP3) and stored, thereby providing reliable and readily accessible audio information.

Process for encoding audio from an analog medium into a compressed digital format using attribute information and silence detection

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Jay G Gilbert