Oblivious memory computer networking
First Claim
1. In a system comprising at least first and second computers, both said computers including memory with read/write capability, said computers being interconnected so as to enable data written into memory of either said computer to be transmitted to the other computer for writing into its memory, said system performing a method comprising the steps of:
- a. performing a series of write actions of a first series of data into the memory of said first computer and a second series of data into the memory of said second computer; and
b. upon the performance of each said write action in either or both said computers, concurrently transmitting the data associated with said write action, along with an indication that said data is to be written to memory, to the other computer, each said transmission occurring automatically in a transmitting computer without regard to a next action following said write action and without regard to a processing state of said other computer, said transmitting computer preceding to a next write action for a next in said series of data, whether or not said other computer accomplishes its write to memory of data from said transmitting computer.
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Abstract
Independent heterogeneous computers are interconnected for oblivious, high speed, long distance communications. A printed circuit board with onboard RAM repeats all write commands through a data transmission media to a remote system. Each read and write cycle of the communicating computer is completed locally (using only local RAM). Apart from repeating write commands to a remote system, the invention is oblivious to the remote system. Data is transmitted from one machine to another without expensive communication protocols or transmission line latency induced wait states. A remote computer accesses network data only after it has been transmitted and stored in local memory. Multiple data transfers can be pipelined, that is, multiple datum may simultaneously reside in a high latency network/long transmission line. Although the time required to transmit any single datum remains proportional to the signal propagation delay, the time required to transmit multiple data is significantly reduced. Geographic separation, high speed transmission lines, low speed transmission lines, alternative means for data transmission, fault tolerance, one-way communications, multi-way communications, and high security can be supported by a single computer network of heterogeneous machines.
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1. In a system comprising at least first and second computers, both said computers including memory with read/write capability, said computers being interconnected so as to enable data written into memory of either said computer to be transmitted to the other computer for writing into its memory, said system performing a method comprising the steps of:
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a. performing a series of write actions of a first series of data into the memory of said first computer and a second series of data into the memory of said second computer; and b. upon the performance of each said write action in either or both said computers, concurrently transmitting the data associated with said write action, along with an indication that said data is to be written to memory, to the other computer, each said transmission occurring automatically in a transmitting computer without regard to a next action following said write action and without regard to a processing state of said other computer, said transmitting computer preceding to a next write action for a next in said series of data, whether or not said other computer accomplishes its write to memory of data from said transmitting computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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