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Is a ring shaped motherboard possible?

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Cainxinth

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Would a ring shaped motherboard work? For example if you took the chipset of a standard cd-rw drive and rearranged it into a ring shape on a disc shaped motherboard with a hole in the center would if function properly. Or would the shape cause inefficiencies in data movement or other problems?
 
a ring shaped mobo would be neccessary for an invention im concidering developing. any ideas as to heating and circuitry length problems?
 
I can't see how this wouldn't cause HUGE memory and wiring inefficiencies. Remember that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and a ring-shaped mobo would force EVERY SINGLE IC to run in a long circle to get to its destination.
 
Old Seagate Barracuda SCSI hard drives have a pretty complicated circuit board and they are bent around 90 degree corners. Seemingly you could make it look like a "Ruffles" potato chip or a Mobius strip if you had the money.
 
A ring-shaped motherboard? That'd be cool to propose to a fellow female geek with...
 


<< ...if you took the chipset of a standard cd-rw drive and rearranged it into a ring shape on a disc shaped motherboard... >>

Ugh? 😕
 
<< ...if you took the chipset of a standard cd-rw drive and rearranged it into a ring shape on a disc shaped motherboard... >>

disc wasnt' the best word, cause of the CD-RW drive conotation. I think they meant a flat ring shape.

And, yea, it can be done, so long as you're talking a flat shape. It'd be a little more expensive, mostly due to a slight increase in design costs, wasted circuit board (it'd have to be done to a square or rectangle, to accomodate the SMT machinary and such), and the added step of removing the extra peices.
 


<< if you took the chipset of a standard cd-rw drive >>

Chipset of a CD-RW drive???? Chipset???? Of a CD-RW drive???? Made it into a ring-shaped motherboard??? Mmmmm....

 
<< Chipset of a CD-RW drive???? Chipset???? Of a CD-RW drive???? Made it into a ring-shaped motherboard??? Mmmmm.... >>

You aren't planning on stealing this guys invention, are you?? That's just dastardly of you! 😉
 
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