Patent ID: 6971887

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a substrate; a first portion of a first socket disposed at a first end of the substrate, and adapted to at least contribute towards completing the first socket, the first socket to receive a first component, and having at least two portions, said first portion and first at least one other portion; a second portion of a second socket disposed at a second end of the substrate, and adapted to at least contribute towards completing the second socket, the second socket to receive a second component, and the second socket having at least two portions, said second portion and second at least one other portion; and the first and second portions and the substrate are further adapted to facilitate the first and second components to communicate with each other through the first and second portions and the substrate at a first signaling speed, that is different from a second signal speed the first and second components communicate with each other through the first and second at least one other portions.