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Multiprocessing system comparing information copied from extended storage before and after processing for serializing access to shared resource

US5251318A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1989
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/1631
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a composite data processing system including a plurality of data processing units each containing one or a plurality of instruction processors and a main storage accessed by the instruction processor, and an extended storage shared by the data processing units and accessed by each of the instruction processors, the present invention provides a composite data processing system characterized by including a means for referring to a designated area on the extended storage by each of the instruction processors, a means for rewriting the area described above in accordance with the value of part of the entire part of the area based on the result of a referring operation and a means for generating an instruction for executing the operations from the reference operation to the rewrite operation as an inseparable operation.

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