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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas G Nowatzyk, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael W Parkin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709233 ; 709228 ; 709237 ; 709248 ; 714 12 ;
Abstract
An interconnect controller for use in an arbitrary topology collection of nodes in a network suitable for use for both data sharing and distributed computing. The interconnect controller provides four (4) serial ports and two (2) parallel ports for communicating with adjacent nodes in a network. Linked ports between two nodes provide a continuous stream of information with idle packets filling non-data transfer cases. The logic of the interconnect controller provides for adaptive routing and to topology independence and allows for the sharing of a common clock for synchronizing the packet transmission.