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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Steven G Roskowski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dean M Drako, Los Altos, CA (US);
William T Krein, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer interconnect including a plurality of nodes, each node capable of joining to a component of a computer, each node including apparatus for transferring signals between the component and the node, apparatus for storing packets of data, apparatus for signalling each other node that a packet of data exists for transfer to a component associated with that node, apparatus for sensing signals from another node indicating that a packet of data exists for transfer to a component associated with that node, and apparatus for transferring packets of data stored at one node to the apparatus for transferring signals between the component and the node of another node.