Memory device with memory modules located within liquid coolant chamber
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsJohn FRANZ, Vincent W. MICHNA
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Abstract
An example memory device includes a printed circuit board, a case, a bus, and memory modules. The case includes a number of walls, and at least some of the walls and the printed circuit board together form a liquid coolant chamber that is liquid-tight (excluding any hose connectors). The bus includes memory sockets connected to the printed circuit board and located within the liquid coolant chamber, and the memory modules are installed in the memory sockets and within the liquid coolant chamber. The bus also includes a connector to connect to a memory bus of a main printed circuit board of a computing device, the connector being external to the liquid coolant chamber.
Claims19
A memory device comprising:
- a printed circuit board,
- a case comprising a number of walls, wherein at least some of the walls and the printed circuit board together form a liquid coolant chamber that is liquid-tight excluding any hose connectors;
- a bus that includes:
- memory sockets connected to the printed circuit board and located within the liquid coolant chamber, and
- a connector to connect to a memory bus of a main printed circuit board of a computing device, wherein the connector is external to the liquid coolant chamber;
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- memory modules installed in the memory sockets, the memory modules being within the liquid coolant chamber.
A computing device, comprising:
- a main printed circuit board that includes a processor and a first memory bus, the first memory bus connecting to the processor and including a first connector;
- a memory device comprising:
- a second printed circuit board;
- a case comprising a number of walls, wherein at least some of the walls and the printed circuit board together form a liquid coolant chamber that is liquid-tight excluding any hose connectors;
- a second memory bus that includes:
- memory sockets connected to the printed circuit board and located within the liquid coolant chamber, and
- a second connector that is external to the liquid coolant chamber and that is connected to the first connector;
- and
- memory modules installed in the memory sockets, the memory modules being within the liquid coolant chamber;
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- liquid coolant within the liquid coolant chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.