Patent ID: 8644318

Claim:
An asynchronous node in a network comprising: at least one set of input wires comprising a first input wire for indicating start and end of an input packet utilizing two-phase signaling, a second and a third input wires for receiving the input packet, wherein signals conveyed by the first, second and third input wires comprise an input data stream; an outgoing acknowledgement wire for transmitting a first acknowledgement signal that acknowledges receipt of each transition in the input data stream; and at least one set of output wires comprising a first output wire for indicating start and end of an output packet utilizing two-phase signaling, a second and a third output wires for transmitting the output packet utilizing return to zero, dual-rail encoding, wherein signals conveyed by the first, second and third output wires comprise an output data stream, and an incoming acknowledgement wire for receiving a second acknowledgement signal that acknowledges receipt of each transition in the output data stream.