US 2026/0214066 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING COMPLETE INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for linearly connecting a Complete Interconnection Network, CIN, in which there is a link between any pair of switches, wherein the CIN comprises a plurality of servers arranged in a plurality of server groups; each server group is connected to a connection switch, with enough ports as to be connected to the remainder of switches; connection switches are aligned consecutively over substantially the same dimension; and, only ports with the same index number, that occupy the same position in different pairs of switches, can be connected. Advantageously, in this way, wires are grouping in parallel sets or guides and wherein the wire connections are arranged without crossings between said parallel guides. The invention can also be advantageously applied to hierarchical and multi-dimensional networks built upon CINs, either per network layer or per dimension, respectively, using additional horizontal dimensions (X, Y) for deploying parallel hoses of wires, arranged without crossings. The invention further relates to a couple of methods for building the disclosed system.

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Dependent claims

A system for connecting a Complete Interconnection Network, CIN, wherein:

the CIN comprises a plurality of servers arranged in a plurality of server groups;
each server group is connected to a switch, wherein each switch comprises a plurality of ports comprising, in turn, at least a first port group for connecting the switch to a server group, and a second port group for connecting the switch to the remainder server groups;
switches are aligned along a dimension with their second port group substantially aligned in said dimension;
and
any pair of switches in the CIN is connected by means of a wire connection;
wherein the system is characterized in that each port in the second port group of every switch is connected to the same port in the second port group of a different switch, by means of a wire connection and, for any pair of switches, only pairs of ports that occupy identical positions according to a same index number are connected;
and wherein the wire connections connecting the ports of different switches are arranged in sets or guides of wires along the dimension in which switches are aligned, such that the wire sets do not cross.

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System and method for connecting complete interconnection networks for high-performance computers

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System and method for connecting complete interconnection networks for high-performance computers

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