Digital data processing system
US4493024A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/35
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing system having a flexible internal structure, protected from and effecitvely invisible to users, with multilevel control and stack mechanisms and capability of performing multiple, concurrent operations, and providing a flexible, simplified interface to users. The system is internally comprised of a plurality of separate, independent processors, each having a separate microinstruction control and at least one separate, independent port to a central communications and memory node. The communications and memory node is an independent processor having separate, independent microinstruction control and comprised of a plurality of independently operating, microinstruction controlled processors capable of performing multiple, concurrent memory and communications operations. Addressing mechanisms allow permanent, unique identification of information and an extremely large address space accessible and common to all such systems. Addresses are independent of system physical configuration. Information is identified to bit granular level and to information type and format. Protection mechanisms provide variable access rights associated with individual bodies of information. U…
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