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Cluster architecture for a highly parallel scalar/vector multiprocessor system

US5197130A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1989
Grant dateMar 23, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/8092
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cluster architecture for a highly parallel multiprocessor computer processing system is comprised of one or more clusters of tightly-coupled, high-speed processors capable of both vector and scalar parallel processing that can symmetrically access shared resources associated with the cluster, as well as the shared resources associated with other clusters.

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