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US 2020/0093022 A1Published application
Shelf-mounted modular computing unit
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter George Ross, Darin Lee Frink
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Abstract
A system for performing computing operations includes a rack, one or more shelves coupled to the rack, and two or more computing modules. Each computing module may include a chassis, one or more circuit board assemblies in a primarily vertical orientation, and one or more hard disk drives in a primarily vertical orientation. The circuit board assemblies and the hard disk drives are coupled to the chassis of the computing module.
Claims21
-29. (canceled)
A system, comprising:
- a rack;
- a shelf module mounted within the rack;
- a horizontal array of computing modules within the shelf module, wherein at least one of the computing modules comprises:
- a chassis;
- a circuit board assembly coupled to the chassis in a first orientation, wherein the circuit board assembly comprises a central processing unit (CPU) for the at least one computing module;
- and
- a plurality of mass storage devices in a second orientation, wherein the first orientation and the second orientation are different orientations;
- wherein at least one of the mass storage devices is removable from the at least one computing module without removing others of the plurality of mass storage devices.
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A computing module, comprising:
- a chassis configured to be installed alongside another computing module in a horizontal array within a rack-mountable shelf module;
- a circuit board assembly coupled to the chassis in a first orientation, wherein the circuit board assembly comprises a central processing unit (CPU) for the computing module;
- and
- a plurality of mass storage devices in a second orientation, wherein the first orientation and the second orientation are different orientations;
- wherein at least one of the mass storage devices is removable from the computing module without removing others of the plurality of mass storage devices.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a rack-mountable shelf module;
- a horizontal array of computing modules within the rack-mountable shelf module, wherein at least one of the computing modules comprises:
- a chassis;
- a circuit board assembly coupled to the chassis in a first orientation;
- and
- a plurality of mass storage devices in second orientation, wherein the first orientation and the second orientation are different orientations;
- wherein at least one of the mass storage devices is removable from the least one computing module without removing others of the plurality of mass storage devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.