Decentralized arbitration device for several processing units of a multiprocessor system
US4511959A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 1981 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/378
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The decentralized arbitration device of the invention comprises an arbitration unit associated with each processing unit. This arbitration unit comprises an individual elementary arbitrator and a level elementary arbitrator. Their outputs are connected to a comparator which compares their output signals with the code of the unit considered, which code is supplied by a coding identification circuit. The individual priority request terminals of the units in the same level are connected together and the level priority request terminals of all the units are connected together.
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