Patent ID: 8264851
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A device for coupling a GPU (graphics processor unit) to a printed circuit board, comprising: a substrate mounting a GPU and a first number of memory components, wherein the memory components are surface mounted on the substrate, and wherein the GPU is mounted on the substrate in a flip chip configuration on a side of the substrate opposite the memory components and wherein in a different configuration a different number of memory components are mounted to the substrate; an interface built into the substrate for coupling to a PCB (printed circuit board) interface of a printed circuit board; a heat spreader attached to the memory components to conduct heat from the memory components independent of heat from the GPU; and wherein the GPU includes a heat conduction surface configured for attaching to a heat sink, wherein the heat sink is configured to protrudes protrude through an opening of the printed circuit board and conduct heat from the GPU through the opening to a side of the printed circuit board opposite the GPU device; wherein the GPU is mounted on the substrate coplanar with a solder ball plane of the common interface to implement an attachment to the PCB interface of the printed circuit board.