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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2004
Philip B. Johnson, Campbell, CA (US);
Liping Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ludger Mimberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Ross F. Jatou, San Jose, CA (US);
Philip B. Johnson, Campbell, CA (US);
Liping Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ludger Mimberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Ross F. Jatou, San Jose, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system provides a digital multi-bit connection between two or more graphics adapters. Each graphics adapter is manufactured as a printed circuit board including a finger-type edge connector. When two or more graphics adapters are installed in a system the edge connectors of each graphics adapter may be coupled to each other via a connection device that provides a portion of the digital multi-bit connection. The remainder of the digital multi-bit connection is provided by conductive traces coupling each finger of the edge connector to a graphics processing unit that is affixed to the graphics adapter. The connection device may be installed by an end-user as each additional graphics adapter is installed in the system.