Method for interconnecting nodes of a real-time parallel computer

摘要

The method involves using a node (A) which has an associated main processor (3A) and an interface adaptor (4A) together with a receiver node (B) and principal processor (3B) with an interconnection adaptor (4B). A switch connects the interface adaptors. During initialisation, virtual channels in a band pass region are created. The messages to be transmitted are prioritised and the most strongest messages separated and the information priority added. The strongest digital words are then transmitted across the interface. Other blocks of words are passed across virtual pass bands appropriate to the required transmission speed. The receiver adaptor reassembles the digital words and passes them to the principal processor receiver node.