A computing system comprising: a first integrated circuit, IC, comprising a first node comprising a first transmitter and a first receiver; the first IC further comprising a first gateway comprising a first external interface; a first status table configured to: register the first node; and indicate availability of the first node; and a first internal interface communicatively coupled to the first node and configured to communicate therebetween; the computing system further comprising a second IC comprising: a second node comprising a second transmitter and a second receiver; the second IC further comprising a second gateway comprising a second external interface; a second status table configured to: register the second node; and indicate availability of the second node; and a second internal interface communicatively coupled to the second node and configured to communicate therebetween; and the computing system further comprising a bus coupled to the first gateway of the first IC and the second gateway of the second IC and configured to carry signals therebetween, wherein the second gateway is characterised in that it is configured to request configuration data from the first gateway; and to populate the second status table at the second gateway with the information about the first node associated with the first IC based on the information about the first node associated with the first IC from the first status table at the first gateway. a first integrated circuit, IC, comprising a first node comprising a first transmitter and a first receiver; the first IC further comprising a first gateway comprising a first external interface; a first status table configured to: register the first node; and indicate availability of the first node; and a first internal interface communicatively coupled to the first node and configured to communicate therebetween; the computing system further comprising a second IC comprising: a second node comprising a second transmitter and a second receiver; the second IC further comprising a second gateway comprising a second external interface; a second status table configured to: register the second node; and indicate availability of the second node; and a second internal interface communicatively coupled to the second node and configured to communicate therebetween; and the computing system further comprising a bus coupled to the first gateway of the first IC and the second gateway of the second IC and configured to carry signals therebetween, wherein the second gateway is characterised in that it is configured to request configuration data from the first gateway; and to populate the second status table at the second gateway with the information about the first node associated with the first IC based on the information about the first node associated with the first IC from the first status table at the first gateway. a first node comprising a first transmitter and a first receiver; the first IC further comprising a first gateway comprising a first external interface; a first status table configured to: register the first node; and indicate availability of the first node; and a first internal interface communicatively coupled to the first node and configured to communicate therebetween; a first external interface; a first status table configured to: register the first node; and indicate availability of the first node; and a first internal interface communicatively coupled to the first node and configured to communicate therebetween; the computing system further comprising a second IC comprising: a second node comprising a second transmitter and a second receiver; the second IC further comprising a second gateway comprising a second external interface; a second status table configured to: register the second node; and indicate availability of the second node; and a second internal interface communicatively coupled to the second node and configured to communicate therebetween; and a second node comprising a second transmitter and a second receiver; the second IC further comprising a second gateway comprising a second external interface; a second status table configured to: register the second node; and indicate availability of the second node; and a second internal interface communicatively coupled to the second node and configured to communicate therebetween; and a second external interface; a second status table configured to: register the second node; and indicate availability of the second node; and a second internal interface communicatively coupled to the second node and configured to communicate therebetween; and the computing system further comprising a bus coupled to the first gateway of the first IC and the second gateway of the second IC and configured to carry signals therebetween, wherein the second gateway is characterised in that it is configured to request configuration data from the first gateway; and to populate the second status table at the second gateway with the information about the first node associated with the first IC based on the information about the first node associated with the first IC from the first status table at the first gateway.