Abstract: A system for deriving and managing RIA knowledge employs a data collection server and data processing system. The data collection server is configured to communicate with at least one data source to collect publically-available information pertaining to RIAs and stores such information in a first database. The data processing system processes the publically-available information stored in the first database to derive artifacts representing the publically-available information as well as additional artifacts that represent useful information beyond the publically-available information, and stores the artifacts and additional artifacts in a second database for output and/or analysis by users. The artifacts and additional artifacts that pertain to a particular RIA can be derived from both structured and unstructured data reported by the particular RIA to a regulatory authority.

Abstract: Described are electronics systems and methods for distributing a limited number of lanes of a PCI Express-based processor (CPU) module among a plurality of PCI Express-based I/O modules with which the CPU module is in communication. The CPU module receives a code from each I/O module over a sideband interface between that I/O module and the CPU module. The coded signal represents a link-width capability of the I/O module. The CPU module is configured to allocate a link width to each I/O module based on the fixed number of lanes and the link-width capability as represented by the coded signal received from that I/O module. The link between CPU module and each I/O module is trained in accordance with the link width allocated to that I/O module.