Patent · US Expired

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

11Cited by
50References
72Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1994
Grant dateJun 17, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 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.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.