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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2008
Leo J. Clark, Georgetown, TX (US);
James S. Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Guy L. Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
William J. Starke, Round Rock, TX (US);
Leo J. Clark, Georgetown, TX (US);
James S. Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Guy L. Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
William J. Starke, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system includes a plurality of processing units each having a respective point-to-point communication link with each of multiple others of the plurality of processing units but fewer than all of the plurality of processing units. Each of the plurality of processing units includes interconnect logic, coupled to each point-to-point communication link of that processing unit, that broadcasts operations received from one of the multiple others of the plurality of processing units to one or more of the plurality of processing units.