Patent ID: 7519245

Claim:
A computer cell system comprising: a frame defining slots and apertures; plural cells inserted in said slots, said cells including first, second, and third cells, each of said cells including plural radial sides, each side of each of said cells having optical communicator assemblies, each of said optical communicator assemblies including least one photoactive element and one light-guide element; and plural intercell communications pathways through said apertures, said pathways including first and second pathways, each of said pathways including a pair of said optical communicator assemblies respectively from two of said cells arranged so that said cells can communicate over that pathway, the respective photoactive elements of each of said pathways being spaced a distance apart, that distance being less than 10 centimeters, a first of said optical pathways communicatively coupling said first cell and said second cell, a second of said optical pathways communicatively coupling said first cell and said third cell.