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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jayaprakash Balachandran, Fremont, CA (US);
Bidyut Kanti Sen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kenny Lieu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dattatri N. Mattur, Fremont, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Presented herein are improvement to computer system architecture. In one embodiment, a method includes reconfiguring system interconnect links disposed between a first central processing unit socket and a second central processing unit socket, disposed together on a single motherboard, as peripheral bus links; and transmitting electrical signals, via the peripheral bus links, and via a printed circuit board that bridges the second central processing unit socket, to at least one input/output functional block that is disposed on the single motherboard and that is selectively connectable to the second central processing unit socket.