A hybrid docking station determines whether native video data exists and can be passed through to a video port or whether a virtual video processor should be activated to provide virtual video data to a video port. For example, a laptop is connected to a hybrid docking station using a USB™ 3.0 connection. The hybrid docking station recognizes that the USB™ 3.0 connection includes a native video data and passes the native video data to a DisplayPort™. By avoiding activating a virtualized video processor and using native video data, the laptop avoids installing software to communicate with the virtualized video processor and communicates with one or more displays using a native video channel. By avoiding installing software, it simplifies IT's and user's usage and experience with universal docking station.

Various systems and methods for configuring a pluggable computing device are described herein. A pluggable computing device may be configured to be compatible with a pluggable host system using a default communication channel to obtain configuration settings and configure a programmable logic device on the pluggable computing device. The pluggable computing device may perform chain of trust processing on the pluggable host system. The pluggable computing device may be disposed on a compute card, which may include a heat sink in a particular configuration.

A memory module includes a device memory configured to store data and including a first memory area and a second memory area, and a controller including an accelerator circuit. The controller is configured to control the device memory, transmit a command to exclude the first memory area from the system memory map to a host processor in response to a mode change request, and modify a memory configuration register to exclude the first memory area from the memory configuration register. The accelerator circuit is configured to use the first memory area to perform an acceleration operation.

A method includes wirelessly receiving audio content via a first transceiver included in a housing of a first device and producing a first audible signal from the audio content via a speaker included in the housing of the first device. The audio content is wirelessly transmitted via the first transceiver to a second transceiver integrated within a first remote speaker. A second audible signal is produced from the audio content via the first remote speaker. The method also includes wirelessly relaying the audio content via the second transceiver to a third transceiver integrated within a second remote speaker and producing a third audible signal from the audio content via the second remote speaker. The second remote speaker is located outside of the transmission range of the first transceiver.

A module for detecting presence of an electronic payment terminal on a receiving dock having a connector intended to co-operate with a complementary connector of the electronic payment terminal. The connector of the receiving dock includes at least one series transmission pin intended for transmitting signals from the electronic payment terminal to the receiving dock. The module is configured to drive at least one module for signaling a presence of the electronic payment terminal on the receiving dock as a function of the voltage on the series transmission pin.

A docking station includes a network interface controller (NIC), a dock-side controller and a dock-side connector interface. The NIC is configured to transmit one or more management component transport protocol (MCTP) packets via a system management bus (SMbus). The dock-side controller is electrically coupled to the SMbus, and configured to encode the one or more MCTP packets to one or more vendor specific protocol (VSP) packets. The dock-side connector interface is electrically coupled to the dock-side controller, and configured to transmit the one or more VSP packets to an electrical device to control a basic input output system (BIOS) of the electrical device on the condition that the electrical device is connected to the docking station via the dock-side connector interface.

Bus enumeration of a switch fabric bus may be performed without assigning bus numbers to unused switch ports and/or corresponding slots to which the unused switch ports are routed. Accordingly, switches coupled to a switch fabric bus in a chassis may link-train with corresponding slots in the chassis in an attempt to establish active connections with devices coupled to the slots. Unused switch fabric bus lanes running from the switches to unused slots may be identified, and the unused switch ports corresponding to the unused switch fabric bus lanes may be disabled. During a subsequent bus enumeration procedure for the switch fabric bus, bus numbers may be allocated to the identified used switch ports (or corresponding used slots) but not to the identified unused switch ports (or corresponding unused slots). The link training, used/unused switch port identification, and bus enumeration may all be performed each time the chassis is reset.

A docking board removably coupled to a processor board that does not function when not operatively coupled to the docking board. The docking board sends power to and receive a control signal from the processor board when operatively coupled to the processor board and does not send power and does not receive a control signal when not operatively coupled to the processor board. The docking board is removably coupled to an expansion board that performs a computer function that is not performed by the processor board and the docking board. The docking board sends power and a control signal to the expansion board when the docking board is operatively coupled to the processor board and the expansion board, and does not send power and does not send a control signal to the expansion board when the docking board is not operatively coupled to the processor board and the expansion board.

A method for searching for an interrupted device, a slave device, a master device, and a storage medium. The method includes: connecting slave devices to a master device through a connection device; receiving, by the slave devices, task process information sent by the master device, where the task process information includes: task process information recorded by the master device and the corresponding slave devices when executing tasks; and when the receiving of task process information sent by the master device is interrupted, finding an interrupted slave device according to the interrupted task process information.

A resource circuit board is configured for use by a physical migration system, the resource circuit board including at least one common interface shaped and configured to connect to an interconnect of a base circuit board; and at least one migration-support interface the at least one common interface being different from the at least one migration-support interface, the at least one migration-support interface: shaped to connect to at least one corresponding migration-support interface of the physical migration system; and configured to provide at least one of power and connectivity to the resource circuit board during a physical migration of the resource circuit board.