Is a ring shaped motherboard possible?

[Cainxinth]

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?

 

[DisposableHero]

what would be the point?

 

[Noriaki]

Sure...you could make a motherboard any shape...

Might add tot he cost...but it could be any shape...

 

[Cainxinth]

a ring shaped mobo would be neccessary for an invention im concidering developing. any ideas as to heating and circuitry length problems?

 

[TunaBoo]

Assuming you have massive amounts of money for a custom mobo, move this to highly technical.

 

[Adul]

youcould have one cutom built and designed for you considering the $$ required.

 

[CTho9305]

<< Assuming you have massive amounts of money for a custom mobo, move this to highly technical. >>



agreed

 

[INDEX]

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.

 

[dkozloski]

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.

 

[Demonicon]

I can't wait for the first QUAKE logo shaped mobo, cmon modders, get busy.

 

[Gunbuster]

My guess is that board layout software can not do curved traces

 

[JohnnyPC]

From the point of view of an electron, they don't much care which way they have to go...

 

[yllus]

A ring-shaped motherboard? That'd be cool to propose to a fellow female geek with...

 

[Feisters]

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

Ugh?

 

[Roguetech]

<< ...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.

 

[Feisters]

<< 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....

 

[Roguetech]

<< 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!

 

[Cainxinth]

he'd have to figure out what it is first. and, im not giving anymore hints.