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PCI express multiplier device

US8539134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Utz Bacher · Dettenhausen, DE
Hartmut Penner · San Jose, US
Heiko Schick · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2011
Grant date	Sep 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved PCI Express multiplier device is disclosed. The PCI Express multiplier device comprises two or more device attachers to attach at least two identical PCI Express devices; a root complex attacher to attach a PCI Express root complex; a copier to copy and forward PCI Express data packets from the root complex to all of the attached identical devices; a collector to collect PCI Express data packets sent from the attached identical devices to the root complex; a selector responsive to the collector to select and forward PCI Express data packets from the collected PCI Express data packets to the root complex.

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