Remotely located timing method and device for a processing unit in an information processing system
US10061676B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0757
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system comprising a peripheral having a timing mechanism and a node, one of which comprises a real memory space and the other a corresponding virtual memory space, is disclosed. On receiving a timing command in the real memory space, comprising references to an event and time, an entry comprising data relative to the event and time references is created in a monitoring queue of the peripheral. A current point in time is then compared, in the peripheral, to a scheduled point in time linked to an item of data relative to a time reference stored in the monitoring queue. In response, if the current point in time is after the scheduled point in time, an item of data relative to a reference linked to the item of data relative to a time reference stored in the monitoring queue is stored in the real memory space.
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