Patent ID: 8117369
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. An input-output (I/O) module configured to operate in a memory module socket, the I/O module comprising: a serial-presence detection (SPD) device to indicate that the I/O module is an I/O device and to indicate one or more functions associated with the I/O module; and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) serial data controller to communicate serial data with a configurable PCIe switch of a host system over preselected system management (SM) bus address lines and unused system clock signal lines of the memory module socket, wherein the configurable PCIe switch provides high-bandwidth serial communications with the PCIe serial data controller over the preselected SM bus address lines and the unused system clock signal lines in accordance with a PCIe communication technique.