Re-configurable PCI-Express switching device
US7516263B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A configurable switching device includes a switch card coupled to interface with a backplane of a computer chassis, a plurality of PCI-Express switching elements coupled to the switch card, and a configuration means coupled to the switch card, where the configuration means is operable to configure and reconfigure the plurality of PCI-Express switching elements to operate in a plurality of directional fabric domains, and where each of the plurality of PCI-Express switching elements can operate in only one of the plurality of directional fabric domains at a time.
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