Patent ID: 9582462
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer system, comprising: a plurality of computer servers, each computer server including a central processing unit (CPU); a memory appliance spaced remotely from the plurality of computer servers and including memory domains having random access memory (RAM) therein; a plurality of electrical-optical converters connected to the CPUs of the plurality of computer servers to convert a plurality of electrical signals from the CPUs into a plurality of optical signals; a single photonic CPU link operatively attached to the plurality of electrical-optical converters; a single optical-electrical converter to receive the plurality of optical signals from the plurality of electrical-optical converters via the single photonic CPU link and convert the plurality of optical signals to electrical CPU link signals; and an electronic circuit switch operatively attached between the optical-electrical converter and the memory domains of the memory appliance to provide allocation connections between the plurality of computer servers and the memory domains, and controlled by an electronic control during a configuration event to change the allocation connections between the plurality of computer servers and the memory domains.