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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Paul W. Coteus, Yorktown, NY (US);
Fuad E. Doany, Katonah, NY (US);
Shawn A. Hall, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Mark D. Schultz, Ossining, NY (US);
Todd E. Takken, Brewster, NY (US);
Shurong Tian, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure for a network switch. The network switch may include a plurality of spine chips arranged on a plurality of spine cards, where one or more spine chips are located on each spine card; and a plurality of leaf chips arranged on a plurality of leaf cards, wherein one or more leaf chips are located on each leaf card, where each spine card is connected to every leaf chip and the plurality of spine chips are surrounded on at least two sides by leaf cards.