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Arbiter switch for a concurrent network of processors

US4488151A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1981
Grant dateDec 11, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/80
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an arbiter switch for use in forming an asynchronous network of concurrent processors where the arbiter switch receives a message from one of two input ports and transmits it to its output port. A path through the network which has been established can be cleared should it become apparent that particular path has become locked in due to a malfunction of a component in one of the nodes or switches in the network.

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