Patent · US Expired

Method for controlling execution of application programs written in high level program language

US4636948A · kind A · utility

41Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 1985
Grant dateJan 13, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 30, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/45
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for executing application programs written in a high level program language on tightly coupled multiprocessor systems in a Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data (MIMD) environment includes the steps of: initializing a MIMD environment in a data processing system by a call to an initialization routine from an application program; maintaining the MIMD environment until all independently executable portions of the application program have been executed; scheduling execution of those tasks representing independently executable portions of the application program; synchronizing execution and completion of the tasks until all tasks have completed execution; terminating the MIMD environment on completion of all the tasks.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.