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Abstract

A data server for enabling the delivery of data information from any storage device containing said data and an external port requiring the data is disclosed. The server is comprised of a plurality of basic building blocks, each consisting of a first processing element connected to a second processing element via an inter-processing element bus to form a server plane. Each inter-processing element bus connects two processing elements in such a way that every processing element in a server plane is connected to every other processing element in the same server plane, via an independent inter-processing element bus. A plurality of sub-busses, each having input/output devices connected thereto are connected to the inter-processing element bus. Each input/output device is accessible by each processing element in such a way that the maximum transit distance required to access an input/output device of one sub-bus from an input/output device of another sub-bus is equal to the transit distance between two processing elements. All server planes have full access to all input/output devices such that the loading of the processing elements and the inter-processing element busses of one server plane is independent of activity on processing elements and the inter-processing element busses of any other server planes.

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