Appeal No. 96-2692
Application 08/310,892
(a) transmitting local data subsets simultaneously
in both directions of the ring simultaneously from all proces-
sors in the ring; and
(b) transmitting foreign data subsets in a direction
of travel of the foreign data subsets around the ring until
all processors in the ring have received the data set, whereby
a redistribution of the distributed data subsets that satu-
rates the interconnection bandwidth, minimizes the number of
operations, passes data the minimum distance necessary, and
minimizes buffer memory requirements is achieved.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Neches et al. (Neches) 4,412,285 Oct. 25,
1983
Allen et al. (Allen) 4,663,706 May 5,
1987
Childs et al. (Childs) 5,250,943 Oct. 5,
1993
Cok 5,432,909 July 11,
1995
Claims 1, 7 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out
and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants
regard as their invention. Claims 1, 7 and 15 stand rejected
under
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