Patent ID: 8488326

Claim:
A system comprising: a substrate; a CPU assembly attached to said substrate, said CPU assembly including a CPU and a heat sink, said heat sink having a top located a first distance of more than 2.5 cm from said substrate: a first memory bank including a first memory support structure and memory modules installed therein, said first memory support structure extending to a second distance from said substrate within 20% of said first distance; and a second memory bank including a second memory support structure and memory modules extending parallel to said substrate and in a direction opposite from a direction in which the memory modules of said first memory bank extend; each of said first and second memory support structures being at least 2.5 cm tall and including, a base for physically and electrically connecting to said substrate so that each of said first and second memory support structures extend orthogonal to said substrate; sockets for receiving and engaging at least three memory modules concurrently so that the memory modules extend parallel to said substrate; and electrical pathways electrically connecting said sockets and said base so that a memory module inserted into one of said sockets is electrically connected to said substrate.