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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
James L. Frankel, Lexington, MA (US);
Mitsubish Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for routing messages among arbitrarily connected processors. Each processor is housed in an enclosure including a top surface and a bottom surface, and an array of m by n radially symmetric connectors are arranged on the top surface and on the bottom surface of the enclosure to interconnect the processors as a rigid three-dimensional structure. An unique block identification number is associated with each processor. A unique connector identification number is associated with each connector of a particular processor. A message is generated to include an ordered list of connector identification numbers, and the message is forwarded to a destination process according to the ordered list.