Virtual execution of programs on a multiprocessor system
US4849877A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/547
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multiprocessor system automatically responding to a request for executing a new program to establish an extended process that spans a plurality of processors each having resources required for the execution of the new program. Initially, the extended process comprises an user process that is requesting the execution of the new program. Stub processes are created as required to gain access to the object code file of the new program, to allocate a processor to execute the new program, and to initialize the allocated processor for execution for the new program.
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