| 摘要 |
<p>A connector system for coupling a plurality of substantially identical circuit boards (103) in a line, but forming logical connections as in a two-dimensional array such as a square. Each circuit board may comprise one or more connector ports (109), each of which may couple to a corresponding port (109) on an adjacent circuit board, by means of a coupling element (111). Nonadjacent circuit boards may be coupled by means of a logical helix of connection paths, in which data from a plurality of input ports is circularly shifted to a plurality of output ports in a plurality of circuit boards, so that the data is ultimately coupled from a connector port on one circuit board to a corresponding port on a nonadjacent circuit board. A square array of components is coupled with east-west wiring, north-south wiring, row and column wiring, and global wiring. Each circuit board may comprise one or more processors (104) (such as an integrated circuit comprising a square array (106) of processors), and the connector system may couple the circuit boards in a square array. At least 4096 processors may be coupled in a 64 x 64 array in a diameter of no more than 13 cm and a volume of no more than 1000 cm3.</p> |
