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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Roger A. Pearson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Shane Ward, Windsor, CO (US);
Raphael Gay, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a pass-through module that includes connector pins to connect with at least one active motherboard connector and to separately connect with at least one routing motherboard connector. A routing function on the pass-through module redirects a set of bidirectional lanes from the connector pins connected to the active motherboard connector to the connector pins connected to the routing motherboard connector to enable a connection of the set of bidirectional lanes to at least one other motherboard connector via the routing motherboard connector.