CONTROL NODE FOR A PROCESSING CLUSTER

摘要

An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a message bus and a control node (1406). The control node (1406) has a host interface (1405), a plurality of partition message pipelines (6134- 1 to 6134-R, 6136-1 to 6136-R, and 6138-1 to 6138-R), a load/store message pipeline (6134- (R+2), 6136-(R+2), and 6138-(R+2)), a message queue (6102), a sequential processor (6140), and a control node memory (6114). The host interface (1405) is configured to communicate with a host processor. The plurality of partition message pipelines (6134-1 to 6134-R, 6136-1 to 6136-R, and 6138-1 to 6138-R) are each coupled to the message bus. The load/store message pipeline (6134-(R+2), 6136-(R+2), and 6138-(R+2)) is coupled to the message bus. The message queue (6102) is coupled to each partition message pipeline (6134-1 to 6134-R, 6136-1 to 6136-R, and 6138-1 to 6138-R), the load/store message pipeline (6134-(R+2), 6136-(R+2), and 6138-(R+2), and the host interface (1405). The sequential processor (6140) is coupled to each partition message pipeline (6134-1 to 6134-R, 6136-1 to 6136-R, and 6138-1 to 6138-R) and the load/store message pipeline (6134-(R+2), 6136-(R+2), and 6138-(R+2)), and the control node memory (6114) is coupled to the host interface (1405) and the message queue (6102).