Patent attributes
A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) card may include a base card, a mezzanine card and mezz connectors. The base card may be coupled to a host device, and host a first group of solid state drives (SSDs). The mezzanine card may be stacked over the base card, and host a second group of SSDs. The mezz connectors may couple the base card with the mezzanine card, each of the mezz connectors corresponding to each of the second group of SSDs. The base card may include an edge connector suitable for coupling with the host device, a PCIe switch suitable for coupling the first and second groups of SSDs with the host device through the edge connector, and a first group of connectors suitable for coupling the first group of SSDs with the PCIe switch. The mezzanine card may include a second group of connectors suitable for coupling the second group of SSDs.
