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Stackable module for energy-efficient computing systems

US8358503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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67References

14Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

John B. Carter · Austin, US
Wael R. El-Essawy · Austin, US
Elmootazbellah Nabil Elnozahy · Austin, US
Wesley M. Felter · Austin, US
Madhusudan K. Iyengar · Woodstock, US
Thomas Walter Keller · Austin, US
Karthick Rajamani · Austin, US
Juan C. Rubio · Austin, US
William E. Speight · Austin, US
Lixin Zhang · Shenyang, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 28, 2010
Grant date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F1/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modular processing module is provided. The modular processing module comprises a set of processing module sides. Each processing module side comprises a circuit board, a plurality of connectors coupled to the circuit board, and a plurality of processing nodes coupled to the circuit board. Each processing module side in the set of processing module sides couples to another processing module side using at least one connector in the plurality of connectors such that, when all of the set of processing module sides are coupled together, the modular processing module is formed. The modular processing module comprises an exterior connection to a power source and a communication system.

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