Abstract: Embodiments include apparatus, methods, and systems of an electronic module for a system board having at least one pass-thru hole. An exemplary electronic module, connectable to a system board with a pass-thru hole, includes a first portion coupled to one side of the system board. The first portion has a printed circuit board (PCB) with plural processors. A second portion of the electronic module couples to a second, opposite side of the system board. The second portion has a power system board electrically coupled to the first portion. The second portion also includes a thermal dissipation device that extends through the pass-thru hole of the system board.

Abstract: Embodiments include apparatus, methods, and systems having a multi-chip module with stacked redundant power. An exemplary apparatus has a module having plural processors. A first power system is coupled, in a vertically stacked configuration, to the module for providing power to the module. A second power system provides power to the module and is coupled, in a vertically stacked configuration, to the first power system. Each power system serves as a duplicate for preventing failure of the module upon failure of one of the power systems. A thermal dissipation device is disposed between both the first and second power systems and the first power system and module such that the thermal dissipation device dissipates heat, via heat exchange, away from the processors, the first power system, and the second power system.

Abstract: One embodiment includes an electronic assembly having a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB. The second PCB has at least one processor coupled to and disposed above the first PCB. A thermal dissipation device is disposed above the second PCB, dissipates heat away from the processor, and provides an airflow path. First and second power systems are coupled to the second PCB and in a pathway of the airflow path. The first and second power systems are redundant such that upon failure of the first power system, the second power system can provide power for both power systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of a routing system for electronic module assemblies are disclosed that may incorporate a module base having at least one routing end and a channel formed across a length of the at least one routing end, wherein the channel has a dimension that allows a wire to be routed from the module base to a connection point external to the module base and allows the wire to be bent within the channel in a direction of the connection point.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a plurality of logically independent processors, a system bus, and a cache control and bus bridge device in communication with the plurality of processors such that the cache control and bus bridge device is logically interposed between the processors and the system bus, and wherein the processors and cache control and bus bridge device are disposed in a module form factor such that the apparatus is a drop-in replacement for a standard single processor module.