Centralized arbitration process and centralized arbiter for multiprocessor system
US4493022A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/18
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An arbiter cooperating with p.n processing units grouped into p levels each comprising n processing units. An elementary arbiter is assigned to each level, and a central arbiter attributes cyclically the priority to each level. The central arbiter comprises essentially a memory programmed for attributing a single priority to each level.
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