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Multi-processor computer system

US4073005A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1974
Grant dateFeb 7, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 21, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4881
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Two or more processors share a large main memory in which are stored the programs and data sets on which the processors operate. Each processor operates independently from every other one, and selects its tasks for operation on the basis of information contained in tables which may be updated independently by each processor.

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