Interconnect system initiating data transfer over launch bus at source's clock speed and transfering data over data path at receiver's clock speed
US5640599A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/17
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer interconnect including a plurality of nodes, each node capable of joining to a component of a computer, each node including apparatus for transferring signals between the component and the node, apparatus for storing packets of data, apparatus for signalling each other node that a packet of data exists for transfer to a component associated with that node, apparatus for sensing signals from another node indicating that a packet of data exists for transfer to a component associated with that node, and apparatus for transferring packets of data stored at one node to the apparatus for transferring signals between the component and the node of another node.
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