Hybrid hypercube/torus architecture
US6230252A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/803
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scalable multiprocessor system includes processing element nodes. A scalable interconnect network includes physical communication links interconnecting the processing element nodes in an n-dimensional topology, and routers for routing messages between the processing element nodes on the physical communication links. The routers are capable of routing messages in hypercube topologies of at least up to six dimensions, and further capable of routing messages in at least one n dimensional torus topology having at least one of the n dimensions having a radix greater than four, such as a 4.times.8.times.4 torus topology.
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