Patent ID: 7030486

Claim:
An integrated circuit package comprising: a plurality of circuitry wafers each comprising a substrate on which is carried one or more integrated circuits with at least one wafer configured for signal communication outside the package; and a plurality of cooling plates alternately layered with the circuitry wafers; wherein the circuitry wafers and cooling plates are layered in a first direction that defines a first axis of the package, and wherein signal communication between circuitry wafers within the package occurs in a direction along the first axis; wherein the cooling plates are configured to direct heat flow in a path that is transverse to the first axis; wherein at least one of power, data signal and control signal communication is supplied to the package from a direction that is transverse to both the first axis and the direction of heat flow; and comprising cooling plates that define flow conduits therethrough for coolant fluid, wherein each flow conduit has two conduit ends and wherein the conduit ends are aligned at two different positions on the side of the package, and wherein the package further comprises manifolds that provide a port through which to provide coolant fluid to a plurality of flow conduits and a port to collect cooling fluid from a plurality of flow conduits, and wherein the manifolds are configured to permit access to the side of the package for providing at least one of power, data signal and control signal communication to circuitry wafers in the package.