Multi-processor system and tubelike computer module thereof
A multi-processor system has a tubelike computer module including plural mother boards configured onto plural side walls of a rack body to form a unitary, continuous and non-segment airflow channel. The airflow channel of the tubelike computer module has larger space and fewer barriers to allow the airflow passing through smoothly, and to reduce wind noises or turbulences. Therefore, the system achieves optimum heat-dissipation efficiency and noise reduction by means of specific space arrangement and less cooling system requirement.
1. A tubelike computer module, comprising:
a rack body, having a plurality of adjacent side walls to form a first opening and a second opening; and
a plurality of mother boards each having at least one processor;
wherein each of the mother boards are configured onto the side walls respectively, thereby defining a non-segment airflow channel between the first opening and the second opening.
2. The tubelike computer module of claim 1 , wherein each of the side walls is rotatably pivoted onto the rack body to enable rotation relative to the rack body.
3. The tubelike computer module of claim 1 further comprising at least one hard disk configured on the side walls or the mother boards, or between the side walls and the mother boards.
4. The tubelike computer module of claim 3 , wherein the hard disk is arranged parallel to the coupled side walls or the coupled mother boards.
5. The tubelike computer module of claim 1 further comprising at least one cooling fan at the path of the airflow channel.
6. The tubelike computer module of claim 1 , wherein the shape of the rack body is a polygon pillar or a polyhedron.
7. A multi-processor system, comprising:
a rack body, having a plurality of adjacent side walls to form a first opening and a second opening;
a plurality of mother boards each having at least one processor, each of the mother boards being configured onto the side walls respectively to define a non-segment airflow channel between the first opening and the second opening;
a plurality of heat sinks coupled corresponding to the processors of the mother boards; and
at least one cooling fan configured at the path of the airflow channel for generating an airflow through the airflow channel.
8. The multi-processor system of claim 7 , wherein each of the side walls is rotatably pivoted onto the rack body to enable rotation relative to the rack body.
9. The multi-processor system of claim 7 , wherein the rack body further comprises a top cover coupled to the first opening of the rack body, the top cover having a plurality of through holes.
10. The multi-processor system of claim 9 , wherein the cooling fan is configured at the first opening or the second opening, or in the top cover.
11. The multi-processor system of claim 9 further comprising at least one hard disk configured in the rack body or in the top cover.
12. The multi-processor system of claim 7 further comprising a pedestal configured at the second opening of the rack body.
13. The multi-processor system of claim 12 , wherein the pedestal comprises a plurality of power supply modules.
14. The multi-processor system of claim 13 , wherein each of the power supply modules comprises a centrifugal fan.
15. The multi-processor system of claim 12 , wherein the pedestal further comprises a plurality of apertures for the airflow.
16. The multi-processor system of claim 12 , wherein the cooling fan is configured in the pedestal.
17. The multi-processor system of claim 12 , wherein the pedestal further comprises one or more system switches selected from the group of a power switch board, a KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse) switch board, a fan switch board, an I/O switch board or an NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface).
18. The multi-processor system of claim 12 further comprising at least one hard disk configured in the pedestal.
19. The multi-processor system of claim 7 , wherein the shape of the rack body is a polygon pillar or a polyhedron.
20. The multi-processor system of claim 7 further comprising a second rack body with a second airflow channel coupled to the first opening or the second opening of the rack body, thereby enabling the airflow channel and the second airflow channel thereof to link together.