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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bricky A Stephenson, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Peter G Logghe, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395858 ; 395872 ; 395800 ; 395475 ; 395477 ;
Abstract
A processor to memory interconnect network can be used to construct both small and large scale multiprocessing systems. The interconnect network includes network modules and memory modules. The network and memory modules are constructed of a series of n.times.m switches, each of which route n inputs to m outputs. The switches are designed such that message contention in the interconnect network is reduced. The switches, and thus the memory and network modules are highly modular, thus allowing virtually any scale multiprocessing system to be constructed utilizing the same components.