Patent ID: 6073229
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06F,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A computer system, comprising:a local bus;a memory bus;a first printed circuit board having a microprocessor thereon and connected to the local bus and the memory bus through a first high-density connector system;a second printed circuit board having a memory thereon and connected to the memory bus through a second high-density connector system; anda third printed circuit board having a peripheral controller thereon and connected to the local bus through a third high-density connector system;wherein at least one of the first, second, and third high-density connector systems comprises a plurality of contact groups, each said contact group having four contacts spaced apart around a circumference, said contact groups being arranged in rows on each face of its corresponding printed circuit board with said contacts provided with a density of at least 100 contacts per linear inch,wherein the second printed circuit board is not directly connected to the local bus and the third printed circuit board is not directly connected to the memory bus, andwherein at least one of the first, second, and third high-density connector systems comprises a mated pair of high density connectors, one of which is attached to one of said first, second and third printed circuit boards and the other of which is attached to a backplane within the computer system.