DISTRIBUTED DATA HANDLING AND PROCESSING RESOURCES SYSTEM
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Abstract
The distributed data handling and processing resources system of the present invention includes a) a number of data handling and processing resource nodes that collectively perform a desired data handling and processing function, each data handling and processing resource node for providing a data handling/processing subfunction; and, b) a low latency, shared bandwidth databus for interconnecting the data handling and processing resource nodes. In the least, among the data handling and processing resource nodes, is a processing unit (PU) node for providing a control and data handling/processing subfunction; and, an input/output (I/O) node for providing a data handling/processing subfunction for data collection/distribution to an external environment. The present invention preferably uses the IEEE-1394b databus due to its unique and specialized low latency, shared bandwidth characteristics.
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59 Claims
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40. A distributed data handling and processing system comprising:
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a plurality of heat sink elements;
a plurality of resource nodes collectively configured to perform a desired data handling and processing function, each of said resource nodes configured to perform one desired data handling and processing sub-function, each of said resource nodes remotely packaged such that a thermal path to one of said heat sink elements is minimized; and
a low latency, shared bandwidth databus for interconnecting said plurality of resource nodes. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for reducing a total weight of a system configured to perform a given data handling and processing function, said method comprising:
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dividing the system into a plurality of resource nodes collectively configured to perform the data handling and processing function, each of the resource nodes configured to perform at least one sub-function of the desired data handling and processing function;
providing a plurality of heat sink elements;
remotely packaging each of the resource nodes such that a thermal path to one of the heat sink elements is minimized for each resource node; and
interconnecting the plurality of resource nodes with a low latency, shared bandwidth databus. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A distributed data handling and processing system comprising:
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a plurality of heat sink elements;
at least one processing unit resource node configured for control, data handling, and data processing sub-functions;
at least one input/output resource node configured for data collection and distribution with respect to an external environment;
at least one special purpose resource node configured to perform a subsystem control function, each of said resource nodes remotely and separately packaged such that a thermal path to one of said heat sink elements is minimized; and
a databus for interconnecting said resource nodes, said databus incorporating message packet sizes to control a latency of messages between said resource nodes. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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