Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Yotam Admon

Nafea Bshara

Ziv Harel

Ali Elashri

Shay Madar

Darin Lee Frink

Anthony Nicholas Liguori

Matthew Shawn Wilson

Jason Alexander Harland

Luke Thomas Gregory

Noam Navon

Ofer Katz

A computer system includes a processor module comprising a vapor chamber heat spreader for removing heat from a bare die processor. The vapor chamber heat spreader may be coupled with the bare die processor via a mounting structure. The vapor chamber heat spreader may have a pedestal that extends towards the bare die processor, such that a bottom surface of the pedestal is positioned proximate a top surface of the bare die processor. In various embodiments, the processor module may be configured to enable servicing of one or more components. For example, the processor module may have a mechanism that allows for uncoupling the vapor chamber heat spreader from the bare die processor, so as to enable replacement of the bare die processor in some embodiments.

Vapor chamber heat spreader for bare die processors

A computer system includes a chassis comprising location indicating elements, such as springs, magnets, standoffs, or other types of location indicating elements physically attached to the chassis in a configuration that indicates locations in the chassis. Also, the computer system includes multiple printed circuit boards comprising pads configured to interface with the location indicating elements, wherein combinations of sensed or not sensed location indicating elements at the pads of the printed circuit boards provide a physically verified placement location for the printed circuit boards.

Board physical placement verification in a server chassis

Disclosed herein are techniques for maintaining a secure environment on a server. In one embodiment, the server includes a baseboard management controller (BMC), a first Ethernet port coupled with an adapter device network comprising a plurality of adapter devices, and a master adapter device including a second Ethernet port and a network switch, the network switch being controllable to be selectively coupled with at least one of the BMC, the first Ethernet port, or the second Ethernet port. The master adapter device may receive a network packet from at least one of: the first Ethernet port, the second Ethernet port, or the BMC, and determine, based on a forwarding policy, whether to forward the network packet. Based on a determination to forward the network packet, the master adapter device may determine a destination, and control the network switch to transmit the network packet to the destination.

Secure environment on a server

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