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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1992
Dave Dunning, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus providing for data broadcasting in a two dimensional mesh of processor nodes is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a self-timed message routing chip is coupled to each processor node, thereby forming a two dimensional mesh of message routing chips. Broadcasting originates from a corner node, and data can broadcast through the mesh routing chips to a row, a column, or a matrix of nodes. The mesh routing chips, together, form a self-timed pipeline with each individual message routing chip having broadcasting hardware which provides for the forking of a message within that particular message routing chip. The self-timed forking of a message within individual message routing chips directly supports data broadcasting within the two dimensional mesh.