US 12,405,917 B2
Chassis supporting interchangeable accelerator baseboards
Bhavesh Govindbhai Patel, Austin, TX (US); and Daniel Alvarado, Pflugerville, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,464.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037062 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 15/80 (2013.01) [G06F 1/206 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first accelerator baseboard comprising a plurality of processing cores;
a first baseboard tray of a geometry corresponding to a geometry of the first accelerator baseboard;
a second accelerator baseboard comprising a plurality of processing cores;
a second baseboard tray of a geometry corresponding to a geometry of the second accelerator baseboard;
a 2 RU chassis comprising a 1 RU accelerator baseboard compartment, wherein a base of the accelerator baseboard compartment comprises a plurality of structures mounted on the base that receive corresponding structures of the first baseboard tray and that also receive corresponding structures of the second baseboard tray; and
wherein installation of the first baseboard tray on the structures mounted on the base of the accelerator baseboard compartment and installation of the first accelerator baseboard on the first baseboard tray aligns the first accelerator baseboard within the accelerator baseboard compartment; and
wherein installation of the second baseboard tray on the structures mounted on the base of the accelerator baseboard compartment and installation of the second accelerator baseboard on the second baseboard tray aligns the second accelerator baseboard within the accelerator baseboard compartment.