Server device including interface circuits, memory modules and switch circuit connecting interface circuits and memory modules

Abstract

A server device includes a plurality of interface circuits configured to connect with a network, and perform format conversion between network packets and data chunks, the network packets being packets communicated with the network, the data chunks complying with an internal format; a plurality of memory modules operating independently of each other; and a switch circuit connected between the plurality of interface circuits and the plurality of memory modules, the switch circuit being configured to select at least one memory module from among the plurality of memory modules based on an attribute of a first data chunk transmitted from the plurality of interface circuits and, send the first data chunk to the selected memory module, wherein the selected at least one memory module is configured to, decode the first data chunk, and perform a read or write operation associated with the first data chunk based on the decoding result.