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Store buffer apparatus in a multiprocessor system

US5202972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1991
Grant dateApr 13, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0811
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiprocessor computer system has a common master storage and data/instruction caches for each processor. Separate buffer storage units for each processor read data from the processor in parallel with the caches, but write data to the master storage sequentially, as directed by a controller for the master storage.

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