Patent ID: 8787364

Claim:
A computing and communication apparatus adapted for interconnection to the Internet, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of circuit cards which use packet frame switched full duplex serial communication for all external communications of the cards including memory and input/output accesses; and, a communication fabric providing packet frame switched full duplex serial communication over a backplane via a serial packet frame switching device to the said circuit cards; and, the said circuit cards and the said communication fabric are housed in a packaging arrangement; and, each of the said circuit cards is communicably interconnected via the said communication fabric serial packet frame switching device; and, each of the said circuit cards is communicably interconnected to the Internet via the said serial packet frame switching device; and, at least one of the said circuit cards includes a protocol processor which encapsulates the memory and input/output access including instruction access of the circuit card to serial packet frame to provide full duplex serial packet-based communication for the circuit card over the backplane at a speed in excess of one gigabits per second.