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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Gerhard I. Meijer, Zurich, CH;
Derek I. Schmidt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark E. Steinke, Durham, NC (US);
James S. Womble, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Gerhard I. Meijer, Zurich, CH;
Derek I. Schmidt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark E. Steinke, Durham, NC (US);
James S. Womble, Hillsborough, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Each pair of memory modules in a memory system are cooled using a shared cooling pipe, such as a heat pipe or liquid flow pipe. An example embodiment includes one pair of memory module sockets on opposite sides of the respective cooling pipe. An inner heat spreader plate is thermally coupled to the cooling pipe and in thermal engagement with a first face of the memory module adjacent to the included cooling pipe. Heat is conducted from the second face of the memory module to the cooling pipe, such as from an outer plate in thermal engagement with an opposing second face of the memory modules and with the inner plate.