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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Derrick Leroy Garmire, Kingston, NY (US);
Robert Stanley Capowski, Verbank, NY (US);
Daniel Francis Casper, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Christine Marie Desnoyers, Pine Bush, NY (US);
Frank David Ferraiolo, New Windsor, NY (US);
Marten Jan Halma, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert Frederick Stucke, Saugerties, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A massively parallel system has a self-timed interface (STI) in which a clock signal clocks bit serial data onto a parallel, electrically conductive bus and the clock signal is transmitted on a separate line of the bus. The received data on each line of the bus is individually phase aligned with the clock signal. Digital data is transmitted at high speeds via the parallel bus to provide a scalable communications network for parallel processing systems while eliminating precise bus length and system clock rates as a critical or limiting factor.