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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
John B. Carter, Austin, TX (US);
Wael R. El-essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Elmootazbellah N. Elnozahy, Austin, TX (US);
Wesley M. Felter, Austin, TX (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
William E. Speight, Austin, TX (US);
Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
John B. Carter, Austin, TX (US);
Wael R. El-Essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Elmootazbellah N. Elnozahy, Austin, TX (US);
Wesley M. Felter, Austin, TX (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
William E. Speight, Austin, TX (US);
Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular processing module is provided. The modular processing module comprises a set of processing module sides. Each processing module side comprises a circuit board, a plurality of connectors coupled to the circuit board, and a plurality of processing nodes coupled to the circuit board. Each processing module side in the set of processing module sides couples to another processing module side using at least one connector in the plurality of connectors such that, when all of the set of processing module sides are coupled together, the modular processing module is formed. The modular processing module comprises an exterior connection to a power source and a communication system.