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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Jimmy Clidaras, Los Altos, CA (US);
William Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Winnie Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David W. Stiver, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew B. Carlson, Atherton, CA (US);
Steven T. Y. Chow, Foster City, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Beck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jimmy Clidaras, Los Altos, CA (US);
William Hamburgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Winnie Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David W. Stiver, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew B. Carlson, Atherton, CA (US);
Steven T. Y. Chow, Foster City, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Beck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Exaflop LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A rack-mount computer system includes one or more rows of computer racks, wherein each row of computer racks includes a pair of rows of computer racks positioned back-to-back relative to each other, a plurality of computer motherboards mounted in each of the racks in each row of computer racks and having front edges open to a workspace for receiving circulating air over the motherboards, the motherboards positioned to create a warm air plenum near a back edge of each motherboard, and a fan positioned adjacent each of the plurality of computer motherboards to circulate air across the computer motherboards and into the warm air plenum.