Patent ID: 7079386

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a rack defining an interior; a computer chassis mounted at least partially within said interior of said rack, said computer chassis defining an interior; an interconnect assembly mounted at least partially within said interior of said rack, said interconnect assembly having an interconnect connector; a processor assembly mounted at least partially within said interior of said computer chassis, said processor assembly having a processor board having a surface and a processor connector mounted to said processor board and connected to said interconnect connector of said interconnect assembly, said processor assembly also having at least eight addressable processor segments mounted on the surface of said processor board, each of said addressable processor segments residing in a common plane on the surface of said processor board when said addressable processor segments are mounted on the surface of said processor board, processor buses formed on said processor board, each of said addressable processor segments being electrically coupled to one of said processor buses, and an interface mounted on the surface of said processor board and coupled to each of said processor buses for communication of signals there between.