Claims
- 1. A complete data processing system comprising integrated circuits, with all said integrated circuits within said complete data processing system being fabricated on a single monolithic substrate, said complete data processing system including means for input directly from a source external to the system without said input being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the source processing means, memory means, and means for generating an output to a receiver external to the system without that output being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the receiver,
- wherein said means for generating an output include means to send human comprehensible output directly to a human operator without said output being processed by or passing through any separately fabricated device; and
- wherein the input means include means to receive input directly from a human operator without that input being relayed through or processed by any separately fabricated device.
- 2. A complete data processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein said complete data processing system is lithographically fabricated on a single substrate.
- 3. A complete data processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system also has power absorption and/or power storage means within said substrate.
- 4. A complete data processing system comprising integrated circuits, with all said integrated circuits within said complete data processing system being fabricated on a single monolithic substrate, said complete data processing system including means for input directly from a source external to the system without said input being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the source, processing means, memory means, and means for generating an output to a receiver external to the system without that output being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the receiver,
- wherein said means for generating an output include means to said human comprehensible output directly to a human operator without said output being processed by or passing through any separately fabricated device,
- wherein the input means include means to receive input directly from a human operator without that input being relayed through or processed by any separately fabricated device,
- wherein said complete data processing system is lithographically fabricated on a single substrate, and
- wherein the system also has means for power absorption and/or power storage fabricated on the monolithic substrate.
- 5. A complete data processing system comprising a monolithic array of cells or a monolithic network of cells from which an array of cells can be organized, with each said array cell having direct output mean to send an output directly to a cells, through a physical carrier common to that cell and other array cells or through an output device fabricated as a separate physical entity from the cell array and, each said cell having processing means and memory means that are sifficient to extract a datum from a compresed data stream prior to transmitting that datum through the cell's direct output means,
- wherein each said array cell has direct input means to receive an input directly from a device external to the system without that input being related through another cell, through a physical carrier common to that cell and other cells or through an input device fabricated as a separate physical entity from the cell array, and
- wherein the cells include means for individually or cooperatively focusing the cells' direct input means on an external source whose distance and/or direction are not predetermined.
- 6. A complete data processing system comprising integrated circuits, with all said integrated circuits within said complete data processing system being fabricated on a single monolithic substrate, said complete data processing system including means for input directly from a source external to the system without said input being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the source, processing means, memory means, and means for generating an output to a receiver external to the system without that output being relayed through a physical connection between the monolithic data processing system and the receiver;
- wherein the input means include means to receive input directly from a human operator without that input being relayed through or processed by any separately fabricated device.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/618,397 filed Mar. 19, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,748,872 entitled Efficient Direct Replacement Cell Fault Tolerant Architecture by Richard S. Norman which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/216,262 filed Mar. 22, 1994 also entitled Efficient Direct Replacement Cell Fault Tolerant Architecture abandoned.
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