MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE INCORPORATING DISTRIBUTED MULTI-PORTED COMMON MEMORY MODULES

摘要

A multi-processor computer architecture incorporating distributed multi-ported common memory modules wherein each of the memory modules comprises a control block functioning as a cross-bar router in conjunction with one or more associated memory banks or other data storage devices. Each memory module has multiple I/O ports and the ability to relay requests to other memory modules if the desired memory location is not found on the first module. A computer system in accordance with the invention may comprise memory module cards along with processor cards interconnected using a baseboard or backplane having a toroidal interconnect architecture between the cards.

主权项

1. A multi-processor computer system comprising:
N processor cards, each of said processor cards being affixed in an array of N processor card slots; and M multi-ported common memory modules, each of said multi-ported common memory modules being affixed in an array of M memory module card slots said N processor card slots and said M memory module card slots being toroidally interconnected and wherein N is an integer greater than 1.