Abstract: A computer system architecture in which functionally compatible electronic components are located on modular printed circuit boards. Thus, a type of processor used by the system can be changed by replacing the printed circuit board incorporating the processor. Similarly a type of peripheral bus used can be changed simply by replacing the printed circuit board containing the peripheral controller. High-density connectors connect the circuit boards. Some embodiments of the invention use a single backplane. Other embodiments place peripheral slots on a second, passive backplane.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 10, 2010
Publication date:
December 23, 2010
Applicant:
WOLPASS CAPITAL INV., L.L.C.
Inventors:
Stanford W. Crane, JR., Maria M. Portuondo, Willard Erickson, Maurice Bizzarri