Patent · US Expired

Command bus

US4462029A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 1979
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 6, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/364
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for reducing a fixed number of data buses and connections in a computer system having a number of modules connected to the data bus utilizing the internal circuits of the various processing units or modules to transmit data from one unit to another via the data bus when the normal function of a unit can be interrupted, with the data routing and module control being under the control of a command bus.

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