Hybrid hypercube/torus architecture
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1. A scalable multiprocessor system comprising:
- a plurality of processing element nodes, each processing element node having at least one processor and memory; and
a scalable interconnect network including;
physical communication links interconnecting the processing element nodes in an n-dimensional topology, and routers for routing messages between the plurality of processing element nodes on the physical communication links, wherein 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.
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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 4×8×4 torus topology.
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1. A scalable multiprocessor system comprising:
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a plurality of processing element nodes, each processing element node having at least one processor and memory; and
a scalable interconnect network including;
physical communication links interconnecting the processing element nodes in an n-dimensional topology, and routers for routing messages between the plurality of processing element nodes on the physical communication links, wherein 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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