Computer cluster
OwnerEdmund Kellyinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for providing a cluster processing system including a plurality of processing nodes, each node having a processor and associated local memory, each node being capable of responding to software commands to execute operations on data and to store the results of the operations locally, one of the processing nodes further comprising devices for furnishing external inputs to and receiving outputs from the cluster processing system; a first network fixedly joining the processing nodes for communication of data and software among the nodes; and a second network joining the processing nodes for control of the nodes.
Claims7
A cluster processing system comprising:
- a plurality of processing nodes,
- each node having a processor and associated local memory,
- each node being capable of responding to software commands to execute operations on data and to store the results of the operations locally,
- one of the processing nodes further comprising devices for furnishing external inputs to and receiving outputs from the cluster processing system;
- a first network fixedly joining the processing nodes for communication of data among the nodes;
- and
- a second network joining the processing nodes for control of the nodes.
A cluster processing system comprising:
- a plurality of processing nodes,
- each node having a processor and associated local memory,
- each node being capable of responding to software commands to execute operations on data and to store the results of the operations locally,
- a first network fixedly joining the processing nodes for communication of data among the nodes;
- and
- means for providing identical boot image software to the processing nodes when the processing system is turned on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.