US 2002/0154639 A1 · System and process for providing auxiliary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store

Abstract

A system and process for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes being adapted for receiving at least one type of ESP-(associative ephemeral store processing) packet. Available for access at each of the plurality of ESP-adapted nodes is a dedicated associative store wherein a value, if bound to a tag, is only accessible as a bound (tag, value) pair for a short time period, τ. Different types of packets are contemplated for routing through the ESP-capable plurality of nodes such as those arbitrarily identified herein as a ‘first’ and ‘second’ type: each first type packet has at least one field comprising an opcode identifying an instruction, and a tag; each second type packet has an opcode identifying an instruction an LOC field containing an identifier of a location for execution of an operand by the second packet instruction at any one of the ESP-capable plurality of nodes. In another aspect, each of the ESP-capable plurality of nodes has input and output port units and a centralized unit; an associative store may be dedicated to one or more of the port units as well as to the centralized location.

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Dependent claims

A system for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes adapted for receiving a first type of packets, the system comprising:

each said first type packet having at least one field comprising an opcode identifying an instruction, and a tag;
and
available for access at each of the plurality of nodes is a dedicated associative store wherein each said tag may be bound to a value and, if so bound, is only accessible as a bound (tag, value) pair for a short time period, τ.

A system for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes adapted for receiving a second type of packets, the system comprising:

each said second type packet having at least one field comprising a opcode identifying an instruction, and an LOC field containing an identifier of a location for execution of an operand by said instruction at any one of the plurality of nodes;
and
available for access at each of the plurality of nodes is a dedicated associative store wherein a value, if bound to a tag, is only accessible as a bound (tag, value) pair for a short time period, τ.

A process for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes adapted for receiving a first and second type of packets, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a dedicated associative store at each of the plurality of nodes, such that any value bound to a tag within any said dedicated associative store as a bound (tag, value) pair, is accessible only for a short time period, τ;
receiving, at one of the plurality of nodes, at least one said second type packet, each said second type packet having at least one field comprising an opcode identifying an instruction and an LOC field containing an identifier of a location for execution of an operand by said instruction at said one node;
and
executing said instruction according to said opcode at said location.

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System and process for providing auxiliary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store

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System and process for providing auxiliary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store

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