Radial bus assembly

Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is an improved radial bus assembly for use, for example with a parallel processing system. The radial bus assembly comprises a stack of disks (12) each having an integrated circuit crossbar switch (13) fixed at its centre, a plurality of communication lines (20) of substantially equal length radially extending from the communication terminals of the crossbar switch and terminating on the circumference of the disk, a plurality of control lines (22) each being arranged between adjacent communication lines, and radially extending from the control terminals of the crossbar switch and terminating short of the circumference of the disk, and male-and-female joints (25) to electrically connect the terminations of the control lines of all disks in terms of same angular positions longitudinally in common. This arrangement permits substantial reduction of disk size by shifting the control terminals from the circumference of the disk to the inside space thereof, thus accordingly reducing the whole size of the laminated cylindrical bus structure, and hence increasing the data transfer speed on shortened radial communication lines.

Inventors

• 👤 Tokuhei Takashima

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