Patent ID: 7623358

Claim:
An input/output (I/O) device, comprising: a motherboard including a plurality of locating slots and a plurality of connectors arranged on said motherboard such that when said motherboard is mounted in said I/O device, the plurality of connectors are positioned horizontally across the outside of said I/O device; and a plurality of I/O cards, each of said I/O cards including a respective locating slot and at least two I/O connectors; wherein the locating slot of each of said I/O cards mates with a respective locating slot of said motherboard such that when assembled, the at least two I/O connectors of each of said I/O cards vertically straddle a respective one of said plurality of connectors of said motherboard, the at least two I/O connectors are also protruding outside of said I/O device.