Method of communicating data in an interconnect system

Details Method of communicating data in an interconnect system Method of communicating data in an interconnect system

2005-12-06

2005-12-06

Vu, Viet D. (Department: 2154)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory

Accessing another computer's memory

C711S141000, C714S006130

Reexamination Certificate

active

06973484

ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for communicating data in an interconnect system comprising a plurality of nodes. In one aspect, the method includes: issuing a command packet from a first node, the command packet comprising a respective header quadword and at least one respective data quadword for conveying a command to a second node, wherein the command is selected from a group comprising a direct memory access (DMA) command, an administrative write command, a memory copy write command, and a built in self test (BIST) command; receiving the command packet at the second node; issuing an acknowledgement packet from the second node, the acknowledgement packet comprising a respective header quadword for conveying an acknowledgement that the command packet has been received at the second node.

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