Squid Carrier Board™ Family
PCI Express Gen 4 Carrier Board for eight (8) M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD modules
PCI Express Gen 4 Carrier Board
for eight (8) M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD modules
Overview:
- Unique half-height (2U) / half-length PCI Express Gen 4 carrier board for up to eight (8) M.2 Gen 4 modules.
- Easy “Plug & Play” installation, no drivers needed.
- Compatible with any motherboard; doesn’t require motherboard bifurcation.
- x16 or x8 PCIe Gen 4 (16.0 Gbps) upstream connection to the motherboard.
- x4 PCI Express Gen 4 (16.0 Gbps) connection to each of M.2 circuits.
- Supports any type of 2280 M.2 modules (M-key)
- Standard two-slot-wide PCI Express board
(US Pat. 9,996,494; US Pat. 10,664,431). - Open concept: effective heat dissipation & easy SSD module installation.
- Real-time performance and temperature monitoring via USB connection.
- Compliant with PCIe Specification 4.0 and M.2 Specification 3.0.
- Dimension: 168 mm x 69 mm x 35 mm.
- RoHS-compliant
This Squid PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board can support up to eight (8) M.2 PCIe SSD (solid state drive) modules, with M-key. The Carrier board supports M.2 (2280; M-key) PCIe Gen 4 SSD modules of any capacity, from any vendor, and in any combination.
The open-concept design of our Squid Carrier Board family allows easy SSD module installation/replacement.
The operating system recognizes each module as an individual hard disk and can combine them as a RAID.
This carrier board is in the form of a two-slot-wide, half-height, and half-length board. It consists of the main board and the daughter board with four M.2 (M-key) circuits for SSD modules located on each board. (All together eight (8) M.2 circuits). M.2 circuits for SSD modules are located on both sides of the main board and daughter board (two circuits) on the top (component) and two on the bottom (soldering side), and an accommodate any M.2 SSD with x4 PCI Express Gen 4 interface (US Pat. 9,996,494; US Pat. 10,664,431).
PCI Express Carrier board is compliant with PCI Express Specification 4.0 and M.2 Specification 3.0.
x16 PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board
x16 PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board (bottom view)
x16 PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board (top view) (Low profile bracket)
x16 PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board (SSD cooling fans)
Specifications:
- Unique half-height (2U) / half-length PCI Express Gen 4 carrier board for up to eight (8) M.2 Gen 4 modules.
- Easy “Plug & Play” installation, no drivers needed.
- Compatible with any motherboard; doesn’t require motherboard bifurcation.
- x16 or x8 PCIe Gen 4 (16.0 Gbps) upstream connection to the motherboard.
- x4 PCI Express Gen 4 (16.0 Gbps) connection to each of M.2 circuits.
- Supports any type of 2280 M.2 modules (M-key)
- Standard one-slot-wide PCI Express board
(US Pat. 9,996,494; US Pat. 10,664,431). - Open concept: effective heat dissipation & easy SSD module installation.
- Real-time performance and temperature monitoring via USB connection.
- Compliant with PCIe Specification 4.0 and M.2 Specification 3.0.
- Dimension: 168 mm x 69 mm x 35 mm.
- RoHS-compliant
Standard Package Includes:
- PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board
- x16 (default) or x8 PCI Express upstream Adapter
- Eight heat sinks for each SSD module
- Auxiliary power cable:
- From empty PCIe slot: SKU-050-40 (default)
or
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- From ATX psu: SKU-043-39
Option – SKU-050-10:
- Additional x8 PCI Express upstream Adapter for SKU-086-44 / SKU-086-48
Option – SKU-050-11:
- Real-time performance and temperature monitoring option via USB connection.
Requires SiliconLabs CP202 bridge driver installation and the USB terminal cable
Part Number:
- SKU-086-48 Squid PCIe Gen 4 Carrier Board for eight (8) M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD modules
. (M-key)(x16 (default) or x8 PCI Express upstream Adapter)
- SKU-050-05 Additional Heat Sink for M.2 SSD module.
- SKU-050-10 Additional x8 PCI Express upstream Adapter for SKU-086-44/SKU-086-48
- SKU-050-11 Real-time performance and temperature monitoring option
- SKU-043-39 Power cable (from empty PCIe slot)
- SKU-050-40 6-pin power cable (from ATX psu)
