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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Dale E. Gulick, Bee Cave, TX (US);
James Foppiano, Austin, TX (US);
David G. Selig, Orlando, FL (US);
Dale E. Gulick, Bee Cave, TX (US);
James Foppiano, Austin, TX (US);
David G. Selig, Orlando, FL (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A cable solution which enables a flash controller which is located on a motherboard of an information processing system to be coupled with a memory socket which is located within a passive socket panel. In certain embodiments, a cable and header arrangement is provided for connecting the motherboard to the chassis socket panel card. This arrangement allows the front panel card to be simplified (i.e., to be a passive card). In certain embodiments, the solution uses a cable structure such as that used for integrated drive electronics (IDE) type disk drive cables or an ultra AT attachment (U-ATA) type cable. The cable solution provides a low cost solution which offers multiple performance options for a single cost. For example, the cable solution functions with both a standard memory card socket as well as a high speed memory card. Also, in certain embodiments, the header connections include ground signal paths interposed among the data signal paths. The board header connectors are the same for both the standard and high speed socket configurations, only the cable changes between the standard and high speed configurations.