Apparatus for providing a CPU cluster via a disk I/O bus using a CPU brick which fits into a disk cavity
US6948047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2022 |
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- 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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