A PARALLEL MACHINE WITH REDUCED NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LOGICAL CIRCUITS

摘要

A parallel machine comprising operational cells forming nodes of a face centered (FCC) lattice, characterized in that it comprises: a series of panels (P1'-P3') with electronic logical circuits (1,1 - 3,3); wherein each logical circuit is configured to emulate a plurality of operational cells (OC) and the logical circuits (1,1 - 3,3) are physically connected with each other by input/output lines ( IN LIN/ OU LIN) such that they form nodes of a square lattice; wherein the FCC lattice comprises circuits arranged such that each circuit having index ( i,j,k ) is communicatively connected with 18 neighboring circuits, wherein indices ( i,j ) indicate location of a circuit on a panel and ( k ) indicates a panel; wherein the circuit having index ( i,j,k ) is connected directly only with circuits having indices ( i- 1 ,j,k ); ( i,j +1 ,k ); ( i +1 ,j,k ); ( i,j -1 ,k ); ( i,j,k -1) and ( i,j,k +1) (directly-connected circuits); and wherein the circuit having index ( i,j,k ) is configured to communicate with circuits having indices ( i -1 ,j -1 ,k ), ( i -1 ,j +1 ,k ), ( i +1 ,j +1 ,k ); ( i +1 ,j- 1, k ); ( i -1 ,j,k-1 ); ( i,j +1 ,k-1 ); ( i +1 ,j,k-1 ); ( i,j -1 ,k-1 ); ( i -1 ,j,k+1 ); ( i,j +1 ,k + 1 ); ( i +1 ,j,k + 1 ) and ( i - , j -1, k + 1 ) (indirectly-connected circuits) via the directly-connected circuits.