Input/output system for parallel computer for performing parallel file transfers between selected number of input/output devices and another selected number of processing nodes
US5361363A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer comprising a plurality of processing elements and an input/output processor interconnected by a routing network. The routing network transfers messages between the processing elements and the input/output processor. The processing elements perform processing operations in connection with data received from the input/output processor in messages transferred over the routing network and transferring processed data to the input/output processor in messages over the routing network, the processing elements being connected as a first selected series of leaf nodes. The input/output processor includes a plurality of input/output buffers connected as a second selected series of leaf nodes of the routing network for generating messages for transfer over the routing network to a series of processing elements forming at least a selected subset of the processing elements during an input/output operation.
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