Patent ID: 7676624

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site, each coupling site comprising a connector and a slot, the console being an enclosure housing the coupling sites; a plurality of computer modules, each computer module coupled to one of the coupling site through the connector and the slot, comprising a processing unit, a main memory coupled to the processing unit, a serial communication controller couples to the connector of the coupling site for communication to an external network; and a first interface controller coupled to a differential signal channel communicating an encoded serial bit stream of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus transaction, wherein the differential signal channel comprises two sets of unidirectional serial bit channels which transmit data in opposite direction; wherein each of the computer modules is similar in design to each other and operates fully independent of each other, and wherein one of the computer modules comprises a core computing power and environment for a personal computer user.