Patents by Inventor Alan S. Edelman

Alan S. Edelman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Parallel computer system including efficient arrangement for performing communications among processing node to effect an array transposition operation
    Patent number: 5367692
    Abstract: A processing element array and a controller. The processing element array comprises a plurality of processing element nodes interconnected by a plurality of communications links in the form of a hypercube. Each processing element node has a memory including a plurality of storage locations for storing data, and in addition has a hypercube address. The controller controls the processing element nodes in parallel to enable the transfer of data items in a selected manner among the storage locations of the processing element nodes in a series of communications steps. The controller generates a base communications table and enables the processing element nodes to, in parallel, generate respective processing element node communications schedule tables as a selected function of the base communications table and the respective node's hypercube address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Thinking Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alan S. Edelman