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The invention provides forced-air cooling to components mounted on circuit boards oriented in a side-to-side direction in a system. Airflow may enter and exit the system through the front and back (or vice-versa), rather than the sides of the system. In one embodiment, airflow entering the front of

The invention provides forced-air cooling to components mounted on circuit boards oriented in a side-to-side direction in a system. Airflow may enter and exit the system through the front and back (or vice-versa), rather than the sides of the system. In one embodiment, airflow entering the front of the system is re-directed in an upward direction, then split to form airflow branches traversing in a side-to-side direction. The airflow branches traverse across the surfaces of circuit boards, then are directed in an upward direction and out the back (or front) of the system. The airflow branches preferably move substantially the same volume of air per unit of time.

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1. An apparatus for cooling a system, comprising:an air inlet for drawing airflow in a first direction; a first module for drawing airflow from the air inlet to a second direction; a plurality of air guides for guiding airflow from the first module to a plurality of airflow branches in a third direc

1. An apparatus for cooling a system, comprising:an air inlet for drawing airflow in a first direction; a first module for drawing airflow from the air inlet to a second direction; a plurality of air guides for guiding airflow from the first module to a plurality of airflow branches in a third direction across surfaces of respective circuit boards on which electronic components are mounted; a vertical pathway for combining the plurality of airflow branches to form an airflow in the second direction; and a second module for redirecting airflow from the vertical pathway and expelling the airflow out of the system, wherein the first direction comprises at least one of a front-to-back direction and a back-to-front direction, the second direction comprises a bottom-to-top direction, and the third direction comprises a side-to-side direction.