Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for providing a CPU cluster via a disk I/O bus using a CPU brick which fits into a disk cavity

US6401158B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 1993
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/409
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A general purpose computer apparatus including a central processing unit, a main memory and a system bus. The general purpose computer apparatus further includes means for interfacing the central processing unit to the system bus and means for interfacing the central processing unit to an I/O bus. A housing encloses the central processing unit, the main memory and the means for interfacing, with the housing having a mechanical form factor corresponding to a disk drive housing.

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