Carbon fiber/ceramic chassis

A system chassis, comprising:

• a composite chassis wall including an inner surface and an outer surface;
• a first carbon fiber layer that is included in the composite chassis wall and that provides the outer surface of the composite chassis wall;
• a ceramic layer that is located opposite the first carbon fiber layer from the outer surface, wherein the ceramic layer includes an unpolished, sintered surface and provides increased stiffness to the composite chassis wall to resist deflection of the composite chassis wall that is more than a predetermined maximum amount in response to a predetermined force;
• a resin material that is included in the composite chassis wall and that bonds the first carbon layer to the unpolished, sintered surface of the ceramic layer;
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• a system component that is spaced apart from the composite chassis wall by a distance that is greater than the predetermined maximum amount of the deflection of the composite chassis wall.

A method for providing an IHS chassis, comprising:

• providing a ceramic layer that includes an unpolished, sintered surface for a composite chassis wall;
• providing a first carbon fiber layer for the composite chassis wall;
• bonding the unpolished, sintered surface of the ceramic layer to the first carbon fiber layer using a resin material to provide the composite chassis wall, wherein the first carbon fiber layer provides an outer surface for the composite chassis wall, and the ceramic layer is located opposite the first carbon fiber layer from the outer surface and provides increased stiffness to the composite chassis wall to resist deflection of the composite chassis wall more than a predetermined maximum amount in response to a predetermined force;
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• providing a system component that is spaced apart from the composite chassis wall by a distance that is greater than the predetermined maximum amount of the deflection of the composite chassis wall.