Patent ID: 8331094

Claim:
A microprocessor package assembly comprising: a first microprocessor package having an elongated substrate with a first longitudinal axis and a first microprocessor die mounted on the substrate, the first microprocessor package connected to a system board through a first signal-carrying standoff having a first height; and a second microprocessor package having an elongated substrate with a second longitudinal axis and a second microprocessor die mounted on the substrate, the second microprocessor package connected to the system board through a second signal-carrying standoff having a second height, the second height greater than the first height; wherein the substrate of the second microprocessor package is rotated about an axis passing through the substrates of the first and the second microprocessor packages, the first and second longitudinal axes having an angular offset that provides a path around the substrate of the first microprocessor package for the second signal-carrying standoff to connect to the system board.