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An apparatus with some embodiments is described having ducts positioned above and below a main device housing to provide cooling air flow to at least a portion of the top and bottom surfaces of the associated computing device. In some embodiments, the device is a mobile computing device. In some emb

An apparatus with some embodiments is described having ducts positioned above and below a main device housing to provide cooling air flow to at least a portion of the top and bottom surfaces of the associated computing device. In some embodiments, the device is a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, air may be drawn through inlets located on at least one side of the device. The inlet air may be supplied via upper and lower air ducts to an air mover positioned on an opposite side of the device. In some embodiments, air discharged from the air mover may be supplied to a main housing of the device in which heat producing components may be located. Other embodiments are described.

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1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing to enclose a heat producing component therein, the housing arranged adjacent to a first air duct comprising a first opening and a second air duct comprising a second opening, the first air duct and the second air duct comprising separate air ducts to facilitate

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An apparatus, comprising: a housing to enclose a heat producing component therein, the housing arranged adjacent to a first air duct comprising a first opening and a second air duct comprising a second opening, the first air duct and the second air duct comprising separate air ducts to facilitate two or more separate airflows;the first air duct arranged above the housing between the housing and a palm rest portion of the apparatus;the second air duct arranged below the housing between the housing and a bottom portion of the apparatus; andan air mover disposed at ends of the first and second air ducts opposite the first and second openings, the air moved disposed within the housing the air mover arranged to draw air in through both the first and second openings of the first and second air ducts and to discharge the air into the housing as an outlet wherein the first duct is angled or stepped to accommodate one or more platform level components, and wherein the first air duct has a substantially constant thickness. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first opening arranged on a side surface of the apparatus adjacent to the first air duct and the second opening arranged on a side surface of the apparatus adjacent to the second air duct. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, the first and second openings arranged on at least one of a top and bottom surface of the apparatus. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, the first duct arranged to cool a palm rest portion of the apparatus and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the apparatus. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, the first duct arranged to cool a top portion of the housing and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the housing. 6. A computer system, comprising: a base portion having upper and lower surfaces;a first air duct positioned adjacent to the upper surface of the base portiona second air duct positioned adjacent to the lower surface of the base portion;the first air duct having a first opening to facilitate airflow into the first air duct and the second air duct having a second opening to facilitate airflow into the second air duct, the first air duct and the second air duct comprising separate air ducts and the airflows comprising separate airflows;a housing having a heat producing component therein, the housing positioned adjacent to and in between the first and second air ducts; andan air mover disposed at ends of the first and second air ducts opposite the first and second openings, the air moved disposed within the housing the air mover arranged to draw air in through both the first and second openings of the first and second air ducts and to discharge the air into the housing as an outlet wherein the first duct is angled or stepped to accommodate one or more platform level components, and wherein the first air duct has a substantially constant thickness. 7. The computer system of claim 6, the first and second openings arranged on a side surface of the base portion adjacent to the first and second air ducts. 8. The computer system of claim 6, the first and second openings arranged on a side surface of the base portion opposite the air mover. 9. The computer system of claim 6, the first air duct arranged adjacent to a palm rest portion of the computer system and the second air duct arranged adjacent to a lap rest portion of the computer system. 10. The computer system of claim 6, the first duct arranged to cool a palm rest portion of the computer system and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the computer system. 11. The computer system of claim 6, the first duct arranged to cool a top portion of the housing and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the housing. 12. A method, comprising: drawing air through first and second openings into first and second air ducts positioned adjacent to a housing containing one or more heat producing components of a computer system, the first air duct arranged above the housing and the second air duct arranged below the housing, the first air duct and the second air duct comprising separate air ducts;directing two or more separate air flow paths through the first and second air ducts from the first and second openings to an air mover disposed within the housing adjacent to ends of the first and second air ducts opposite the first and second openings, the air flow to cool one or more of a surface of the first air duct and a surface of the second air duct;at the air mover, receiving air from the first and second air ducts and discharging the received air into the housing to cool the one or more heat producing components in the housing; andexhausting heated air from the housing through an exhaust vent wherein the first air duct is arranged with an angled or stepped portion to accommodate one or mo 13. The method of claim 12, drawing air into the first and re platform level components while having a substantially constant thickness. second air ducts comprises drawing air through the first and second openings, the first and second openings positioned on a side surface of one or more of the first and second air duct. 14. The method of claim 12, the first duct arranged to cool a palm rest portion of the computer system and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the computer system. 15. The method of claim 12, the first duct arranged to cool a top portion of the housing and the second duct arranged to cool a bottom portion of the housing.