Patent ID: 7929310

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a plurality of first cell boards, each first cell board having opposing front and rear edges and opposing top and bottom edges surrounding a first cell board planar surface that faces and is spaced from the first cell board planar surface of another first cell board; a plurality of first interconnect cards, each first interconnect card having opposing front and rear edges and opposing top and bottom edges surrounding a first interconnect planar surface, wherein each first interconnect card is connected to a corresponding first cell board so that the first interconnect planar surface and the corresponding first cell board planar surface define a first common plane and the front edge of the first interconnect board faces the rear edge of the corresponding first cell board; a first switch card engaged with at least some of the first interconnect boards and having a first switch card planar surface; and a second switch card engaged with at least some of the first interconnect boards and having a second switch card planar surface, wherein the first switch card and the second switch card are arranged perpendicular to the first common planes so that the first switch card planar surface and the second switch card planar surface do not obstruct an air flow directed between the first common planes from the front edges of the first cell boards towards the rear edges of the first interconnect cards, and wherein the first switch card and the second switch card each provides for routing of data between at least some of the first cell boards.