Shared system to operationally connect logic nodes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam L. Brodsky, Eric J. McKeever, John G. Torok
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Abstract
A shared system to operationally connect logic nodes may include an inter-nodal circuit to provide communications between any connected logic nodes. The system may also include a fabric bus carried by the inter-nodal circuit, the fabric bus to provide logical connections to a first logic node and any other logic node. The system may further include a clock circuit carried by the inter-nodal circuit that controls both the inter-nodal circuit and the fabric bus.
Claims20
A system for connecting logic nodes on rack-mounted servers, the system comprising:
- an inter-nodal flexible circuit to provide communications between any connected logic nodes, the inter-nodal flexible circuit including pluggable interconnects for mating with flexible service processor (FSP) cards;
- a fabric bus carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit, the fabric bus to provide logical connections to a first logic node and any other logic node;
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- a clock circuit carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit that controls both the inter-nodal flexible circuit and the fabric bus.
A system comprising:
- a monolithic inter-nodal flexible circuit to provide communications between any connected computer servers, the inter-nodal flexible circuit including pluggable interconnects for mating with flexible service processor (FSP) cards;
- a fabric bus carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit, the fabric bus to provide logical connections to a first computer server and any other computer server;
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- a clock circuit carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit that controls both the inter-nodal flexible circuit and the fabric bus.
A system comprising:
- an inter-nodal flexible circuit to provide communications between any connected logic nodes, the inter-nodal flexible circuit including pluggable interconnects for mating with flexible service processor (FSP) cards;
- a fabric bus carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit, the fabric bus to provide logical connections to a first logic node and any other logic node;
- at least one other fabric bus connected to the inter-nodal flexible circuit, controlled by a clock circuit, and comprised of flexible material, the at least one other fabric bus to provide logical connections to a second logic node and any other logic node;
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- wherein the clock circuit is carried by the inter-nodal flexible circuit that controls the inter-nodal flexible circuit, the fabric bus, and the at least one other fabric bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.