US 12,235,785 B2
Computer system and a computer device
Jonathan Glickman, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by Jonathan Glickman, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,128.
Application 18/371,128 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,808, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,775,464.
Application 17/018,808 is a continuation of application No. 16/009,687, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,776,301, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 16/009,687 is a continuation of application No. 15/696,747, filed on Sep. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,002,097, issued on Jun. 19, 2018.
Application 15/696,747 is a continuation of application No. 15/293,459, filed on Oct. 14, 2016, granted, now 9,779,051, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Application 15/293,459 is a continuation of application No. 14/853,271, filed on Sep. 14, 2015, granted, now 9,471,519, issued on Oct. 18, 2016.
Application 14/853,271 is a continuation of application No. 14/244,744, filed on Apr. 3, 2014, granted, now 9,135,203, issued on Sep. 15, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/818,412, filed on May 1, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012777 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/4027 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 13/1694 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system comprising:
a first board having an I/O controller hub including a main communication chipset;
a common bus; and
a plurality of Sibling boards coupled to said first board by said common bus, each of the Sibling boards comprising,
a memory operative to host a Sibling operating system, and
at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to said memory, said Sibling board configured without a Sibling chipset;
wherein at least one of the plurality of Sibling boards functions as a processing unit of said first board, and at least one of said Sibling boards is coupled to and shares said I/O controller hub.