Patent ID: 7778020

Claim:
A modular blade comprising: a first carrier card having a backplane connector that connects to a backplane of a computer system, the first carrier card further configured to receive a plurality of computer components, the first carrier card communicatively connecting one or more of the computer components and the backplane connector, the first carrier card further communicatively connecting two or more of the computer components; a second carrier card configured to receive a plurality of computer components, the second carrier card communicatively connecting one or more of the computer components of the second carrier card; the first carrier card facing the second carrier card such that two or more computer components of the first carrier card interleave with two or more computer components of the second carrier card, wherein interleaving comprises alternating computer components of the first carrier card with computer components of the second carrier card along one or more axes of the modular blade; and wherein the second carrier card is interchangeable with the first carrier card, and wherein the first carrier card is asymmetrical about an axis of the first carrier card and the second carrier card is asymmetrical about an axis of the second carrier card.