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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel Davies, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for making and using a computing system with unified storage, processing, and network switch fabrics are provided. Processing nodes, either physical or virtual, are associated with intra-module ports, inter-module ports, and local storage spaces. A plurality of processing nodes are linked through intra-module ports to form processing modules. A plurality of the processing modules are further connected through inter-module ports to form the computing system. Several inter-module connection schemes are described, each of which can be adapted to use with existing network packet routing algorithms. Each processing node need only to keep track of the states of its directly connected neighbors, obviating the need for a high-speed connection to the rest processing nodes within the system. As a result, dedicated network switching equipment is not needed and network capacity grows naturally as processing nodes are added.