Patent ID: 8543752

Claim:
A Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) interface card, the PCIE interface card configured for being electrically coupled to a CPU, comprising: a circuit board; a first PCIE interface module arranged on the circuit board; at least one second PCIE interface module arranged on the circuit board, and a PCIE switch arranged on the circuit board, the PCIE switch electrically coupled to the first PCIE interface module and the at least one second PCIE interface module, the PCIE switch configured for transmitting data from the CPU to the first PCIE interface module, and exchanging data between the CPU and the at least one second PCIE interface module, wherein the PCIE switch comprises a copy module and a transmitting module electrically coupled to the copy module, the copy module configured for making at least two copies of a data packet from the CPU, and transmitting the at least two copied data packets to the first PCIE interface module and the at least one second PCIE interface module, respectively.