Server system with interlocking cells

摘要

A server system includes an array of server cells. Some or all of the server cells include a set of at least three side panels forming an enclosure and a compute component comprising a processor core. At least one side panel of each server cell is removably mechanically coupled and removably electrically coupled to a facing side panel of an adjacent server cell. The enclosure may form a triangular prism enclosure, a cuboid enclosure, a hexagonal prism enclosure, etc. The enclosure can be formed from a rigid flex printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, whereby the side panels are implemented as rigid PCB sections that are interconnected via flexible PCB sections, with the flexible PCB sections forming corners between the rigid PCB sections when the rigid-flex PCB assembly is folded into the enclosure shape. The compute component and other circuit components are disposed at the interior surfaces of the rigid PCB sections.

主权项

1. A server system comprising:
an array of server cells, each server cell of at least a subset of the array comprising:
a single printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a set of at least three rigid PCB sections interconnected via flexible PCB sections, and comprising a set of one or more metal traces extending between at least two of the rigid PCB sections via at least one of the flexible PCB sections, the single PCB folded at the flexible PCB sections to form an enclosure for the server cell;a first compute component disposed at an interior surface of a first rigid PCB section of the set of rigid PCB sections, the first compute component coupled to at least one metal trace of the set of one or more metal traces and comprising at least one processor core; andwherein at least one rigid PCB section of each server cell is removably mechanically coupled and removably electrically coupled to a facing rigid PCB section of an adjacent server cell of the array of server cells.