First processor for dividing long argument data into packets and storing total packet count and packets in shared buffer for subsequent execution by second processor
US5355485A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/17
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for adding extended functions to a multiprocessor system, specifically, functions that may be called from programming running on a first processor and executed by a second processor. The function may have an argument that requires a large amount of argument data. Each extended function is associated with a special entry point command, which is in turn, associated with a communications routine that handles the transfer of the large argument data from the first processor to the second processor in bursts.
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