发明名称 POLYMORPHIC NETWORK METHODS AND APPARATUS
摘要 A modular, polymorphic network interconnecting a plurality of electronically reconfigurable devices 1300 via a modular, polymorphic interconnect, to permit a fixed, physical configuration of operating hardware devices 1300 to take on a plurality of logically addressable configurations 1802. The modular, polymorphic interconnect further permits allocation and deallocation of selected electronically reconfigurable devices 1300 for a particular logically addressable configuration 1802. The modular, polymorphic interconnect additionally permits the logical topology 1802 of selected electronically reconfigurable devices 1300 to be configured as at least one mixed-radix, N-dimensional network 3400. The logical topology of mixed-radix, N- dimensional networks 3400 can be dynamically changed under control for a new configuration of logical addresses 1802 for selected electronically reconfigurable devices 1300. The modular, polymorphic interconnect also permits one or more electronically reconfigurable devices 1300 to be selected from at least one logically related set of electronically reconfigurable devices 1300, making the resulting network system particularly well suited for a variety of purposes related to resource management.
申请公布号 CA2186462(C) 申请公布日期 2004.09.28
申请号 CA19942186462 申请日期 1994.03.28
申请人 ESTES, MARK D. 发明人 ESTES, MARK D.
分类号 G06F15/173;G06F15/80;(IPC1-7):G06F13/14;G06F19/00 主分类号 G06F15/173
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