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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
David R. Emberson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Broughton, Pleasanton, CA (US);
James B. Burr, Foster City, CA (US);
Derek E. Pappas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David R. Emberson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Broughton, Pleasanton, CA (US);
James B. Burr, Foster City, CA (US);
Derek E. Pappas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a processor array by a host computer involves creating a graph of a plurality of nodes using a data connection component, configuring a broadcast tree from a spanning tree of the graph, propagating a first command from the host computer to a member of the processor array using the broadcast tree, configuring a reply tree from a spanning tree of the graph, transmitting a response from the member of the processor array to the host computer using the reply tree, and configuring the data connection component to send at least one message selected from the first command and the response on at least one run mode communication path.