US Patent 11132297 Addressing scheme for distributed hardware structures

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus having a plurality of selectable entities having associated physical addresses, wherein the selectable entities are connected to a controller, wherein the selectable entities have a selectable processor configured to determine in response to a common control information a current select information on the basis of selectable logic combinations of a first information describing whether the selectable entity belongs to a first group and a second information describing whether the selectable entity belongs to a second group.