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Memory access control circuit

US4549273A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 1982
Grant dateOct 22, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/1663
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit which controls access of host and remote processors to a single memory. A first flip-flop indicates acceptance or refusal of the processor's memory access requests. A second flip-flop provides a wait signal to the host processor when the remote processor is accessing the memory. A gating circuit causes the first flip-flop to accept the remote processor's access request when both the host and remote processors request memory access at the same time.

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