1. Integrated memory comprising an array of repeating plates across a plurality of nodes; the array comprising rows and columns; the plates along individual columns alternating between two orientations which are substantially orthogonal to one another, and the plates along individual rows alternating between the two orientations which are substantially orthogonal to one another.
2. The integrated memory of claim 1 wherein the plates comprise heater material.
3. The integrated memory of claim 2 wherein the plates are incorporated into phase change memory cells as heaters.
4. The integrated memory of claim 3 wherein the heater material comprises one or more of WN, TiN, WCN, TiAIN and TiSiN.
5. The integrated memory of claim 3 wherein the phase change memory cells comprise chalcogenide as phase change material; and wherein the chalcogenide of the memory cells extends as lines entirely along the columns.
6. The integrated memory of claim 3 wherein the phase change memory cells comprise chalcogenide as phase change material; and wherein the chalcogenide of the memory cells is configured as segments in one-to-one correspondence with the heaters.
7. The integrated memory of claim 1 wherein the plates comprise storage element material.
8. The integrated memory of claim 1 wherein the plates comprise chalcogenide, and wherein the plates are incorporated into phase change memory cells as phase change material.
9. The integrated memory of claim 8 wherein the chalcogenide comprises germanium, antimony and tellurium.
10. The integrated memory of claim 1 wherein adjacent plates are spaced center-to-edge along the column direction by a same amount as adjacent plates are spaced center-to-edge along the row direction.
11-33. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer apparatus comprising:
a first receiving device for receiving an original address list transmitted from a center server and containing addresses of a number of computers;
a dividing device for dividing up the original address list, which has been received by said first receiving device, into divided address lists corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of computers;
a first transmitting device for transmitting a divided address list obtained by said dividing device as well as a search command to a transmit-destination computer specified by an address contained in this divided address list; and
a second receiving device for receiving data representing result of execution of search processing by said transmit-destination computer in accordance with the search command.
2. A computer apparatus comprising:
a first receiving device for receiving an address list, which contains addresses of respective ones of a number of computers, and a search command, the address list and command being provided by a transmit-source computer;
a dividing device for dividing up the original address list, which has been received by said first receiving device, into divided address lists corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of computers;
a first transmitting device for transmitting a divided address list obtained by said dividing device as well as a search command to a transmit-destination computer specified by an address contained in this divided address list;
a search device for conducting a search in accordance with a search command received by said first transmitting device;
a second receiving device for receiving data representing result of execution of search processing by said transmit-destination computer in accordance with the search command; and
a second transmitting device for transmitting, to said transmit-source computer, data representing result of execution of search processing by said search device and data representing result of execution of search processing received by said second receiving device.
3. A program for controlling a computer apparatus so as to:
receive an address list, which contains addresses of respective ones of a number of computers, and a search command, the address list and command being provided by a transmit-source computer;
divide up the received original address list into divided address lists corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of computers;
transmit a divided address list as well as a search command to a transmit-destination computer specified by an address contained in this divided address list;
conduct a search in accordance with a search command received;
receive data representing result of execution of search processing by the transmit-destination computer in accordance with the search command; and
transmit, to the transmit-source computer, data representing result of execution of search processing received and data representing result of a search conducted in accordance with the search command.