Patent ID: 8248806

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a circuit board with at least one processor mounted thereon, the circuit board having a circuit board connector along an edge of the circuit board for insertion into a circuit board slot of a motherboard for communication therebetween; a heat sink mechanically coupled to at least one of the circuit board and the processor for providing thermal communication between the heat sink and the circuit board, the heat sink comprising a primary surface that interfaces with the at least one of the circuit board and the processor, and four walls formed orthogonally to and extending from the primary surface of the heat sink, a first one of the four walls being closest to the circuit board connector along the edge of the circuit board for orientation of the first wall parallel to the motherboard, a second one of the four walls opposite of the first wall relative to the primary surface of the heat sink and oriented parallel to the first wall, and third and fourth walls each perpendicular to and connecting the first wall and the second wall; and a mount coupled to the second wall of the heat sink for providing a direct mechanical coupling into a slot of a chassis, at least a portion of the mount extending from the second wall of the heat sink in a direction parallel to the circuit board connector of the circuit board for insertion of the mount into the slot of the chassis; wherein a second mount is coupled to the first wall of the heat sink for providing a second direct mechanical coupling into a second slot of the chassis, at least a portion of the second mount extending from the first wall of the heat sink in a direction parallel to the mount coupled to the second wall of the heat sink and parallel to the circuit board connector of the circuit board, for insertion of the second mount into the second slot of the chassis.