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Abstract

A multi-dimensional computer network is disclosed comprising a multi-dimensional network controller for interconnecting a plurality of computer devices, including a plurality of disk drives, communicating via a network protocol through a plurality of nodes, each node comprising more than two bi-directional ports for simultaneously transmitting data in multiple dimensions through the multi-dimensional computer network. At least one of the disk drives comprises a disk for storing data and an index mark, a spindle motor for rotating the disk, a head for reading the data and the index mark stored on the disk, an index mark detector for generating an index mark detect signal in response to the head reading the index mark, an interface for receiving a spindle sync signal from the multi-dimensional network controller through the network protocol, and a spindle synchronization circuit, responsive to the index mark detect signal, for synchronizing the rotation of the disk to the spindle sync signal. A switched fabric computer network is also disclosed comprising a plurality of interconnected switched nodes, wherein at least on of the switched nodes comprises a disk, a head, multi-port switching circuitry, and a spindle synchronization circuit for synchronizing the rotation of the disk relative to a spindle sync message.

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