Patent ID: 8432708

Claim:
A motherboard assembly comprising: a motherboard comprising: an expansion slot arranged on the motherboard; and a first storage device interface arranged on the motherboard; and a serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module (SATADIMM) comprising: a circuit board; a control chip arranged on the circuit board; a plurality of storage chips arranged on the circuit board and connected to the control chip; two voids defined in a top side of the circuit board; a first extending board formed on the top side of the circuit board between the voids, wherein an edge connector is arranged on the first extending board, and comprises a plurality of power pins connected to the control chip and the plurality of storage chips, and a plurality of ground pins, the edge connector is connected to a power supply; and a second extending board extended from an end edge of the circuit board and coplanar with the circuit board, wherein a connector is arranged on the second extending board, a bottom of the second extending board is in alignment with a bottom side of the circuit board, to be inserted into the expansion slot of the motherboard together with the bottom side of the circuit board, the connector of the second extending board is connected to the first storage device interface of the motherboard.