Overview of packaging for the IBM Enterprise System/9000 based on the glass-ceramic copper/thin film thermal conduction module

The ES/9000 models 820 and 900 high-performance mainframe processors have been significantly enhanced with respect to their predecessors, due to the following packaging advances: multilayer glass-ceramic/copper cofired substrate; multilayer polyimide/copper thin-film structure; discrete decoupling capacitors; buried engineering change conductors; enhanced pistons for very high thermal conduction cooling; and enhanced flip-chip solder connections. Some aspects of these advances are examined. The connectors and printed wiring board technologies used in this family of systems are summarized.<
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