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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard D. Kosoglow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joshua D. Banko, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David H. Narajowski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Berk, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael E. Leclerc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael D. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);
Asif Iqbal, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Paul S. Michelsen, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark K. Sin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul A. Baker, Los Altos, CA (US);
Harold L. Sontag, Gilroy, CA (US);
Wai Ching Yuen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew P. Casebolt, Fremont, CA (US);
Kevin S. Fetterman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander C. Calkins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel L. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).