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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
James William Feeney, Endicott, NY (US);
Howard Thomas Olnowich, Endwell, NY (US);
George William Wilhelm, Jr, Endwell, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A digital parallel processing system wherein a plurality of nodes communicate via messages sent over an interconnection network. Messages are maintained in strict chronological order even though sent by nodes where several sources are generating messages simultaneously. A network adapter is described for interconnecting the processor and its associated memory to a network over a bus. The adapter includes an adapter associated memory programmable into a plurality of functional areas, said functional areas including a send FIFO for storing and forwarding messages to said network from said processor; a stack list for queueing in strict message order activation commands for said send FIFO; and an adapter program area for storing adapter program instructions which control the storing of messages to said send FIFO; and control means responsive to said stack list for executing said adapter program instructions in said strict message order without processor intervention.