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AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsZachary Peter Fredin, Neil Gershenfeld, Lauren Camron Blackburn, Amira Abdel-Rahman, Erik Steven Strand, Jiri Zemanek
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A computer system consists primarily of identical modular microcontroller units, interconnecting with one another in a three-dimensional lattice. During operation, each microcontroller communicates asynchronously by relying on token-passing between itself and its neighbors. Programming and construction of such microcontroller units occurs in one operation, through robotic pick-and-place operations that are configured through a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes simple drag and drop operations to facilitate a WYSIWYG depiction of the desired build and the final system. The design tools and automated assembly of the disclosed framework introduces system scalability and structural flexibility that are not available with existing supercomputing racks and chassis.
A computing system comprising a plurality of substantially identical modules, each module interconnecting to at least one other neighbor module to form a three-dimensional lattice, wherein each module communicates with neighbor modules by sending and receiving tokens, and wherein each module consumes said tokens for processing asynchronously.
The computing system of claim 8, wherein the specific plurality is a quantity up to a limit of approximately 1,700.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.