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PASSAGE 3 (excerpt)

Many of the organizations we discuss are based on the premise that there is a large number of identical, or almost identical, "processors", with each processor connected to a small number of other processors, in a regular pattern. ...

Since the size of the circuit that can fit on one chip is limited, when we consider such a family of circuits, we should consider both designs for a single chip and designs for networks of chips, where the pattern of interconnections among processors includes not only the pattern on a single chip but the pattern of interconnections among chips. The major problem with generalizing interconnection patterns from a single chip to many chips is that the number of pads that can appear on any one chip is limited by the [physical size of the chip]. We solve the problem by partitioning the layout into rectangles, making each a single chip, and replacing the wires of the layout that cross a boundary by pads and lines. This is a successful way to generalize a design from a single chip to many chips, because the number of wires leaving any particular rectangle is limited.

30- Generalization of a design from a single chip to many chips ----------.