Patent ID: 9141152
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An interface card mount comprising: a PCI-Express card having an edge connector; a mounting bracket on the PCI-Express card to releasably receive a memory storage device being a SATA-Express device; one or more PCI-Express lanes provided between the edge connector and the mounting bracket to transmit PCI-Express slot signals; one or more side-band lanes, specific to the memory device, provided between the edge connector and the mounting bracket to transmit side-band signals directly to the memory storage device; and one or more power lanes provided between the edge connector and the mounting bracket to transmit power from a motherboard to the memory storage device, wherein the motherboard includes (i) a detection mechanism to detect whether the mounting bracket has received the SATA-Express device, and (ii) firmware or a strapping module to toggle between a SATA-Express mode of operation and a PCI-Express mode of operation depending on an input from the detection mechanism.