The Squid PCI Express Carrier board for M.2 SSD module is the smallest carrier board on the market. PCI Express Carrier board was designed to expand modern motherboards that have PCI Express interface. It allows vertical installation in any 1U servers or appliances.
PCI Express Carrier board is one-slot-wide and it compliant with PCI Express Specification 4.x and M.2 Specification 5.x. It is retained inside a computer chassis by using the unique PCI Express add-in board retainer (US Patent #7,850,475). The Retainer securely holds the Carrier board in the PCI express slot.
PCI Express Carrier Board supports x4 PCI Express Gen 3 connection. Carrier Board is located i the middle of the PCI Express slot and can be connected to the motherboard PCI Express connector via exchangeable x4 or x1 PCI Express upstream Adapter (US Pat. 9,996,494).