Fixed interconnection network method and apparatus for a modular mixed-resolution, N-dimensional configuration control mechanism
First Claim
1. A fixed interconnection network module for a modular configuration control mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of input circuits having a particular logical order corresponding to a primary form of a binary reflected code;
each of said plurality of input circuits having a first rail input and a second rail input;
a plurality of electrically-activated elements having a particular connective arrangement which corresponds to unfolding each dimension of a binary hypercube onto a plane, said plurality of electrically-activated elements coupled to said plurality of input circuits;
said first rail input of each of said plurality of input circuits coupled to a unique set of electrically-activated elements, for an input signal corresponding to a logical one;
said second rail input of each of said plurality of input circuits coupled to a unique set of electrically-activated elements, for an input signal corresponding to a logical zero;
whereby a particular electrically-activated element is selected from the particular connective arrangement of said plurality of electrically-activated elements by a unique logical name corresponding to a primary form of a binary reflected code.
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Abstract
A modular, polymorphic network interconnecting a plurality of electronically reconfigurable devices via a modular, polymorphic interconnect, to permit a fixed, physical configuration of operating hardware devices to take on a plurality of logically addressable configurations. The modular, polymorphic interconnect further permits allocation and deallocation of selected electronically reconfigurable devices for a particular logically addressable configuration. The modular, polymorphic interconnect additionally permits the logical topology of selected electronically reconfigurable devices to be configured as at least one mixed-radix, N-dimensional network. The logical topology of mixed-radix, N-dimensional networks can be dynamically changed under control for a new configuration of logical addresses for selected electronically reconfigurable devices. The modular, polymorphic interconnect also permits one or more electronically reconfigurable devices to be selected from at least one logically related set of electronically reconfigurable devices, making the resulting network system particularly well suited for a variety of purposes related to resource management.
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29 Claims
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1. A fixed interconnection network module for a modular configuration control mechanism comprising:
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a plurality of input circuits having a particular logical order corresponding to a primary form of a binary reflected code; each of said plurality of input circuits having a first rail input and a second rail input; a plurality of electrically-activated elements having a particular connective arrangement which corresponds to unfolding each dimension of a binary hypercube onto a plane, said plurality of electrically-activated elements coupled to said plurality of input circuits; said first rail input of each of said plurality of input circuits coupled to a unique set of electrically-activated elements, for an input signal corresponding to a logical one; said second rail input of each of said plurality of input circuits coupled to a unique set of electrically-activated elements, for an input signal corresponding to a logical zero; whereby a particular electrically-activated element is selected from the particular connective arrangement of said plurality of electrically-activated elements by a unique logical name corresponding to a primary form of a binary reflected code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for selecting a subset of elements from a matrix arrangement of sixteen electrically-activated elements within a modular polymorphic interconnection network, the modular polymorphic interconnection network including four input circuits and four logical polarity switches, the matrix arrangement of sixteen electrically-activated elements arranged such that a particular input circuit and a particular setting of a particular logical polarity switch selects one of a unique first set of electrically-activated elements, a unique second set of electrically-activated elements, a unique third set of electrically-activated elements, a unique fourth set of electrically-activated elements, a unique fifth set of electrically-activated elements, a unique sixth set of electrically-activated elements, a unique seventh set of electrically-activated elements, and a unique eighth set of electrically-activated elements, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. inputting to a first input circuit, using a first input, a signal value corresponding to one of a logical one and a logical zero to select one of the unique first set of electrically-activated elements and the unique second set of electrically-activated elements, respectively, as a first selected set; b. inputting to a second input circuit, using a second input, a signal value corresponding to one of a logical one and a logical zero to select one of the unique third set of electrically-activated elements and the unique fourth set of electrically-activated elements, respectively, as a second selected set; and c. logically intersecting the first selected set and the second selected set to define a first subset of four electrically-activated elements, the first subset of four electrically-activated elements representing a two-level logical name. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for selecting a subset of elements from a plurality of electrically-activated elements within a modular polymorphic interconnection network, the modular polymorphic interconnection network including a plurality of input circuits and a plurality of logical polarity switches, the plurality of electrically-activated elements arranged such that a particular input circuit and a particular setting of a particular logical polarity switch selects one of a plurality of unique sets of electrically-activated elements, the plurality of unique sets of electrically-activated elements being subsets of the plurality of electrically-activated elements, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. inputting to a first input circuit, using a first input, a signal value corresponding to one of a logical one and a logical zero to select one of a unique first set of electrically-activated elements and a unique second set of electrically-activated elements, respectively, as a first selected set; b. inputting to a second input circuit, using a second input, a signal value corresponding to one of a logical one and a logical zero to select one of a unique third set of electrically-activated elements and a unique fourth set of electrically-activated elements, respectively, as a second selected set; and c. logically intersecting the first selected set the second selected set to define a first subset of electrically-activated elements, the first subset of electrically-activated elements representing a two-level logical name. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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