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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Mario J. D. Lee, Fremont, CA (US);

Tomonori Hirai, Fremont, CA (US);

Jyh Ming Jong, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mario J. D. Lee, Fremont, CA (US);

Tomonori Hirai, Fremont, CA (US);

Jyh Ming Jong, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A physical hardware architecture is provided to fulfill flexibility, serviceability and configurability of a multi-processor system. The architecture mainly includes a bottom plane, plural processor boards and a function board. On the front section of the top side of the bottom plane, the processor boards are configured thereon. The function board faces downwards and is configured in an edge-to-edge connection with the front edge of the bottom plane. Function card(s) may be configured vertically on the bottom surface of the function board. On the rear section of the top side of the bottom plane expansion card(s) are configured vertically. With main system fan(s) located on the top of the function board and auxiliary system fan configured under the bottom plane, the multi-processor system will also achieve optimum cooling capability through the architecture.


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