Embodiments of the invention include a mechanism for explicit communication in a clustered multiprocessor system that supports low-latency, protected, user-mode, communication across the machine boundaries of a clustered multiprocessor. On a substrate having a metal wiring layer formed thereon, a dielectric layer and a masking layer are formed. In one various embodiment, the crowns of two or more adjacent surgical staples can be connected. The system has a translation module coupled to the DBMS for defining a descriptor from a set of selected features from the plurality of features.