| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a locally distributed crossbar switch (46) to optically connect many computer processors and memories (48-62) in arbitrary permutation and without interruption. A processor and an associated memory can be packaged together, taking advantage of the fact that the distributed crossbar switch (46) employs local switching (104-118). At the same time, processor-memory pairs can be physically separated from other such processor-memory pairs, and by great distance.</p> |
