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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Satyanarayana Nishtala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas L. Lyon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel E. Lenoski, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Satyanarayana Nishtala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas L. Lyon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel E. Lenoski, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an I/O module, processing platform, and method for extending a memory interface are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the I/O module may be configured to operate in a memory module socket, such as a DIMM socket, to provide increased I/O functionality in a host system. Some system management bus address lines and some unused system clock signal lines may be reconfigured as serial data lines for serial data communications between the I/O module and a PCIe switch of the host system.