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US 12,628,317 · App. 18/231,179 · Granted May 12, 2026

Zettascale supercomputer

Inventor: Peter C. Salmon (Mountain View, CA)
H05K7/20772G06F1/26H05K5/065H05K7/20236
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Patent No.
US 12,628,317
App. No.
18/231,179
Filed
Aug 7, 2023
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/699
Abstract

A zettascale supercomputer may be configured using an array of servers organized in computer pods comprising 4-60 servers per pod. Each server includes computer modules immersed in a tank in which cooling water is flowing. Copper bus bars deliver power to each pod in a range of 4-180 MW. Cooling water is delivered to each pod in a range of 200-24,000 gallons per minute. Supercomputers having an operating power in a range of 4 MW-10 GW are described.

Claims (32)

1 . A supercomputer comprising:

at least one computer pod comprising an array of servers, the array of servers comprising 10-200 servers, each server in the array of servers comprising:

a tank in which cooling water is capable of flowing; and

a plurality of computer modules in the tank, each of the plurality of computer modules including a conformable water-impermeable coating that coats the entire module except for an opening at the top, wherein the water- impermeable coating of each of the plurality of computer modules comprises plasma-activated covalent bonds between a layer of the coating and the underlying respective computer module.

2 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein each computer module comprises a substrate with semiconductor chips mounted thereon, wherein the semiconductor chips are selected from the group consisting of bare die, stacked devices, surface mount devices, and low-profile packaged devices.

3 . The supercomputer of claim 2 wherein the semiconductor chips are selected from the group consisting of digital devices, processors, memories, analog devices, radio frequency (RF) devices, optical devices, sensors, passive devices, power conversion devices, voltage regulators and current regulators.

4 . The supercomputer of claim 1 further comprising:

a motherboard; and

input/output connectors coupled to the motherboard, the input/output connectors comprising electrical and optical connectors.

5 . The supercomputer of claim 1 further comprising a set of copper bus bars carrying power from a power station to the at least one computer pod, wherein the copper bus bars carry power in a range of 4-180 MW to each of the at least one computer pod.

6 . The supercomputer of claim 5 wherein the copper bus bars carry DC power to each of the at least one computer pod at a voltage in a range of 100-1200 volts and a current in a range of 4,000-100,000 amperes.

7 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein each server comprises a hose input and a hose output.

8 . The supercomputer of claim 7 wherein each of the hose input and the hose output are sized to carry cooling water at a rate of 20-500 gallons per minute.

9 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein each computer pod is configurable with an adjustable number of columns and an adjustable number of rows.

10 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein the at least one computer pod comprises a single pod arranged in 2-6 columns and 2-16 rows of servers; the single pod operable with a compute power in a range of 4-180 megawatts.

11 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein the at least one computer pod comprises twelve to eighteen pods, the twelve to eighteen pods operable with a total compute power in a range of 500 megawatts to 10 gigawatts.

12 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein the at least one computer pod comprises a plurality of computer pods arranged in a circular configuration.

13 . The supercomputer of claim 1 wherein the at least one computer pod comprises a plurality of computer pods arranged in a rectangular configuration.

14 . The supercomputer of claim 1 , wherein each server of the plurality of servers is configured to execute instructions provided in memory to achieve a performance for the supercomputer in the range of 10 exaflops to 10 zettaflops.

15 . A supercomputer comprising:

at least one computer pod comprising an array of servers, the array of servers comprising 10-200 servers, each server in the array of servers comprising:

a tank in which cooling water is capable of flowing; and

a plurality of computer modules in the tank, each of the plurality of computer modules including a conformable water-impermeable coating that coats the entire module except for an opening at the top, wherein the water-impermeable coating comprises at least one layer of parylene C.

16 . A supercomputer comprising:

at least one computer pod comprising an array of servers, each server in the array of servers comprising:

a tank in which cooling water is capable of flowing; and

a plurality of computer modules in the tank, each of the plurality of computer modules including a water-impermeable coating that coats the entire module except for an opening at the top,

wherein the water-impermeable coating comprises:

a first layer comprising titanium dioxide;

a second adhesion layer comprising a treatment of A-174 SILANE; and

a third layer comprising parylene C.

17 . The supercomputer of claim 16 wherein the first layer is applied by atomic layer deposition and has a thickness of approximately 20 nanometers, wherein the third layer is applied by chemical vapor deposition and has a thickness of approximately 25 micrometers.

Continuity (2)
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