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Data center with free-space optical communications

US8301028B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC · US

Inventors

Howard L. Davidson · Redwood City, US
James R. Hamilton · Bellevue, US
Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
Arne Josefsberg · Bellevue, US
Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
Robert W. Lord · Seattle, US
Kenneth Lustig · Redmond, US
William Henry Mangione-Smith · Kirkland, US
Michael Manos · North Bend, US
Craig J. Mundie · Seattle, US
Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
Richard F. Rashid · Prescott, US
Burton Smith · Seattle, US
Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
Robert V. Welland · Seattle, US
Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2009
Grant date	Oct 30, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B10/1149
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links.

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