Patent ID: 8570744

Claim:
An apparatus for cooling memory modules comprising: a cold plate comprising: a liquid cooling loop having an inlet and an outlet; and a plurality of cold plate blades thermally coupled to the cooling loop, the plurality of cold plate blades arranged to be interleaved with a plurality of memory modules; and a frame comprising: a plurality of frame blades arranged to be interposed between the plurality of memory modules and the plurality of cold plate blades when the frame is coupled to the cold plate, wherein at least one first cold plate blade of the plurality of cold plate blades includes a sloped surface, and at least one second cold plate blade of the plurality of cold plate blades includes a surface that is not sloped, and at least one first frame blade of the plurality of frame blades includes a sloped surface, and at least one second frame blade of the plurality of frame blades includes a surface that is not sloped, and wherein a memory module of the plurality of memory modules has a first side cooled by the surface that is not sloped of the at least one second cold plate blade, and the memory module has a second side cooled by the surface that is not sloped of the at least one second frame blade.