Memory accessing switch network

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PATENT NO 5041971
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07277993

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In parallel processing computational apparatus, a switching network employing both routing switch elements and concentrator elements efficiently couples bit serial messages from a multiplicity of processors to a multiplicity of memory modules. The apparatus operates in a highly synchronous mode in which all processors issue memory requests only at essentially the same predetermined time within a frame interval encompassing a predetermined substantial number of clock periods. The routing switch elements and concentrator elements incorporate circuitry for comparing the addresses of requests which may be blocked at any element with requests which get through and, if the addresses are the same, returning the memory response to all processors seeking the same memory location.

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LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC931 14TH STREET DENVER CO 80202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carvey, Philip P Bedford, MA 37 1229
Crowther, William R Lexington, MA 3 283
Rettberg, Randall D Concord, MA 19 1085

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