Clustered multiprocessor system with global controller connected to each cluster memory control unit for directing order from processor to different cluster processors
US5228127A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/177
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling clusters having processors constituting a multiprocessor system. The apparatus includes a global control unit for processing orders between clusters and a memory control unit, provided in each cluster, for controlling transmission and reception of orders between the global control unit and the processors. Commands from one processor to another processor are sent to the memory control unit of the cluster containing the other processor and not directly to the other processor.
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