Abstract: A storage cartridge is provided comprising a system connector configured to be hot-pluggable with an external receiving system. The storage cartridge includes a plurality of storage receiving connectors, each of which can be configured to receive either a hot-pluggable storage drive or a storage drive that has not designed to be natively hot-pluggable. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of storage receiving connectors is configured to receive a storage drive that has not been designed to be natively hot-pluggable. In addition, electrical connections are provided between the system connector and the plurality of storage receiving connectors that enable a plurality of the not natively hot-pluggable storage drives engaged with the storage cartridge to communicate with the external receiving system via the system connector configured to be hot-pluggable.

Abstract: A storage cartridge is provided comprising a system connector configured to be hot-pluggable with an external receiving system. The storage cartridge includes a plurality of storage receiving connectors, each of which can be configured to receive either a hot-pluggable storage drive or a storage drive that has not designed to be natively hot-pluggable. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of storage receiving connectors is configured to receive a storage drive that has not been designed to be natively hot-pluggable. In addition, electrical connections are provided between the system connector and the plurality of storage receiving connectors that enable a plurality of the not natively hot-pluggable storage drives engaged with the storage cartridge to communicate with the external receiving system via the system connector configured to be hot-pluggable.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and a method for data transmission. The system includes: a plurality of graphics processing units; a global shared memory for storing data transmitted among the plurality of graphics processing units; an arbitration circuit module, which is coupled to each of the plurality of graphics processing units and the global shared memory and configured to arbitrate an access request to the global shared memory from respective graphics processing units to avoid an access conflict among the plurality of graphics processing units. The system and the method for data transmission provided by the present invention enable respective GPUs in the system to transmit data through the global shared memory rather than a PCIE interface, thus saving data transmission bandwidth significantly and further improving a computing speed.