Patent · US Expired

Computer-peripheral interface

US4037210A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1976
Grant dateJul 19, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 29, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/18
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer system utilizing an interface unit for routing the information exchanged between processor units and memory units, in a temporal multiplex manner whereby the exclusive access of any one processor to any memory proceeds concurrently with the exclusive access of another processor to another memory. The system includes at least two independently operable processors and at least two independently addressable and separately operable memories, the latter being connected to the former through the interface unit.

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