Airflow ducting apparatus for data processing systems

A server card, comprising:

• a printed circuit board (PCB);
• a plurality of system on a chip (SOC) units each mounted on the PCB, wherein the SOC units are spaced apart from each other along a length of the PCB;
• at least one system resource device connector connected to the PCB adjacent to the SOC units;
• and
• an airflow baffle mounted on the PCB, wherein side walls of the airflow baffle and the PCB jointly define an airflow passage and wherein the airflow baffle extends over the SOC units such that the SOC units are within the airflow passage and the at least one system resource device connector is outside of the airflow passage.

A data processing system, comprising:

• an enclosure;
• one or more airflow manifold structures within the enclosure, wherein each one of the one or more airflow manifold structures has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion;
• and
• a plurality of data processor cards mounted within the enclosure, wherein each one of the data processor cards extends substantially parallel to each other one of the data processor cards, wherein each one of the data processor cards includes:
• an airflow duct having an air inlet portion thereof covering a portion of the air outlet portion of at least one of the one or more airflow manifold structures;
• and
• a plurality of data processing units within the airflow duct.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a chassis;
• a system board attached to a side wall of the chassis, wherein the system board has a first end portion adjacent to an end wall of the chassis and a second end portion opposite the end wall of the chassis;
• an airflow manifold structure attached to at least one of the system board and the chassis adjacent to the end wall of the chassis, wherein the airflow manifold structure has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion;
• and
• a plurality of server cards each mounted on the system board with a first end portion thereof adjacent to the first end portion of the system board and a second end portion thereof adjacent to the second end portion of the system board, wherein front and rear surfaces of each one of the server cards extend substantially parallel to the front and rear surfaces of each other one of the server cards and extend substantially perpendicular to front and rear surfaces of the system board, wherein each one of the server cards includes:
• a printed circuit board (PCB);
• a plurality of system on a chip (SOC) units each connected to the PCB, wherein the SOC units are spaced apart from each other along a length of the PCB;
• a plurality of system resource device connectors each connected to the PCB;
• and
• an airflow baffle mounted on the PCB, wherein side walls of the airflow baffle and the PCB jointly define an airflow passage, wherein airflow baffle extends over the SOC units such that the SOC units are within the airflow passage and at least a portion of the system resource device connectors are outside of the airflow passage, and wherein an air inlet portion of the airflow passage covers a portion of the air outlet portion of the airflow manifold structure.