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US 4,393,515 AGranted
Processor arrangement
AssigneeThe Marconi Company Limited
InventorFrederick B. de Neumann
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AssigneeThe Marconi Company Limited
InventorFrederick B. de Neumann
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A processor arrangement consists of a number of individual autonomous processor units which communicate with each other by means of electro-magnetic waves. The electro-magnetic energy is typically at infra-red optical frequencies. Although the energy necessary to operate the individual processor units can be supplied by means of conductive bus bars, in a preferred arrangement the energy is supplied from a light source at optical frequencies to photo cells mounted on each of the processor units. Each processor arrangement is provided with an input-output device which communicates with the individual processor units by means of electro-magnetic waves and is provided with external conductive leads in a conventional manner. The whole processor arrangement is encapsulated in an evacuated chamber.
A processor arrangement including a plurality of individual processors mounted within a common chamber, each said individual processor comprising means for freely radiating electromagnetic waves, directly without regeneration, to a plurality of other ones of said individual processors, and means having an omnidirectional receiving characteristic disposed for receiving, directly without regeneration, electromagnetic waves from a plurality of other ones of said individual processors, with data communication between said individual processors being by means of the radiated electromagnetic waves.
A processor arrangement comprising:
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