Unisys Corporation

Isam W Akkawi

John E Rudy

Vivek Ladha

Scott H Hayashida

A multiprocessor data processing system comprises a plurality of unsymmetrically connected data processing nodes; where the total number of nodes is more than 2.sup.n-1 and less than 2.sup.n, and n is an integer larger than two Each node has n input/output channels which respectively are channel(0), channel(1), channel(2), etc.; each node has a binary address b.sub.n-1. . . b.sub.1 b.sub.0 which runs consecutively from node to node; each pair of nodes whose binary addresses differ by only one binary bit b.sub.x are interconnected by a channel(x) to channel(x) connection; and, at least one pair of nodes whose binary addresses differ by two binary bits b.sub.x and b.sub.y are interconnected by a channel(x) to channel(y) connection, where x and y=0,1, . . . n-1. To establish a route from any one node to any other node, channels are selected which decrease the distance to the destination by two nodes or one node or maintain the same distance.

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Isam W Akkawi