Patent ID: 6101593
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G06F,H01L,Y02D

Abstract:
A multi-chip module comprisinga plurality of functional circuits provided on a substrate and defining a plurality of signal inputs and outputs, anda plurality of module pins secured in a single row along the periphery of the substrate and connected to the inputs and outputs, the module pins including a set of 91 signal pins, two ground pins and a power pin, defining an ISA bus, the signal pins having a configuration complying in number and signal type with the IEEE-P996 requirements,wherein the module is rectangular in shape and has a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral wall; andwherein the pins defining the ISA bus extend from the peripheral wall and along the first side and at least partially along the third and fourth sides of the module.