Data communication method

An apparatus for transmitting a plurality of data words from a first parallel data bus to a second parallel data bus, comprising:

• a. a first serializer, in data communication with the first parallel bus, that transforms a first portion of each data word into a first serial data stream;
• b. a second serializer, in data communication with the second parallel bus, that transforms a second portion, different from the first portion, of each data word into a second serial data stream;
• c. a first serial data channel, in data communication with the first serializer, upon which the first serial data stream may be transmitted;
• d. a second serial data channel, in data communication with the second serializer, upon which the second serial data stream may be transmitted;
• e. a first de-serializer, in data communication with the first serial data channel, that transforms the first serial data stream into a plurality of first parallel data units, each first parallel data unit being identical to a corresponding first portion of a data word;
• f. a second de-serializer, in data communication with the second serial data channel, that transforms the second serial data stream into a plurality of second parallel data units, each second parallel data unit being identical to a corresponding second portion of a data word;
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• g. a receiver element that receives the first parallel data units from the first de-serializer and the second parallel data units from the second de-serializer and that assembles corresponding ones of the first parallel data units and the second parallel data units into corresponding data words and that transmits the corresponding data words to the second parallel data bus.