DATA PROCESSOR ARRAYS AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THEM

摘要

A notional two-dimensional array (AO) of processors is sub-divided into a plurality of identical sub-arrays constituted by respective sub-array boards (10 to 17) arranged in a stack (Fig. 4) in which the order of the sub-array boards (10 to 13) is determined as if they had been arranged, as said array, in a sheet (Fig. 3) which is then folded along lines (F10 to F13) running between the sub-array boards (10 to 17). Interconnections (20, 21) are provided between the sub-array boards (10 to 13) as if extending across the fold lines (F10 to F13) such that none of the interconnections crosses with any other. If the sub-array boards are oriented differently from their orientations as determined by said folding (e.g. if the boards are to be oriented identically and if they are logically symmetrical about at least one axis in a single column array or two axes in a multiple column array), then measures may be provided for compensating logical direction reversals of the boards.