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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Christopher J. VanKrevelen, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A bus for a computer system receives serial data from each subsystem and simultaneously broadcasts the data to all subsystems. The computer system includes bus interface logic in each subsystem. Each of a plurality of serial output paths carries serial data to one of the subsystems. Each of a plurality of serial input paths carries serial data from one of the subsystems. Communication interconnection logic receives data from bus interface logic through a corresponding serial input path. The received input data is buffered if the serial output paths are in use. When serial output paths are available, received data is simultaneously transmitted to each bus interface logic through all serial output paths.