Conceptual design of the CEM design of the data acquisition system

The design of a large scale data acquisition system for the GEM detector at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is presented. This architecture supports high-bandwidth data transfer using parallel point-to-point links and a scalable switching network. Substantial buffering enables the use of high latency, selective triggering based on either hardware or software implementations. The system throughput can be expanded to greater than 40 Gbps per second at trigger rates of 100 KHz.