Patent ID: 8402189
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of data transfer paths, through which serial data transfer is performed; and a plurality of nodes including a root node and terminal nodes coupled to a plurality of devices, the root node being coupled to each of the terminal nodes via the data transfer paths branching in a tree structure, and a pair of the terminal nodes coupled to each other via two data transfer paths without the root node, wherein the terminal nodes are configured to: store routing information of the data transfer path related to a data transmission source and a data transmission destination which is defined so as to use the same data transfer path as an opposite side data transmission; and control data transmission using the data transfer path which is defined by the routing information, wherein a first terminal node of the terminal nodes, which is coupled to a second terminal node of the terminal nodes via a first data transfer path and a second data transfer path, is configured to: transfer data to a first device coupled to the second terminal node via the first data transfer path according to the routing information; and transfer data to a second device coupled to the second terminal node via the second data transfer path according to the routing information.