Patent ID: 8219659

Claim:
A super-node formed from a plurality of nodes in a binary tree topology network, the super-node comprising: a multitasking computing system having a memory; at least three nodes running the computing system, each of the at least three nodes being adapted to be docked downtree of and with another node, and being adapted to be docked uptree of and with two other nodes, the at least three nodes including a first node; the first node being docked downtree of and with a parent node running on a first separate computing system; each node of the at least three nodes except the first node being docked downtree of and with another one of the at least three nodes; thereby forming a super-node having more than three sockets available for connection with nodes not running on the multitasking computing system, wherein a total number of sockets available for connection with nodes not running on the multitasking computing system is at least one more than a total number of nodes in said at least three nodes.