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Latency tolerant risc-based multiple processor with event driven locality managers resulting from variable tagging

US5442797A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1991
Grant dateAug 15, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/8007
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for reconciling communication and locality by enabling a user/programmer to write programs in an extended procedural language which explicitly manipulate locality. The multiprocessor includes a plurality of processing elements connected to each other each processing element having a unique address and including a central processing unit for executing local CPU code and reading and writing local data and a locality manager for controlling data movement between processing elements which are cooperating on a single task by executing local locality manager code which indicates when shared data can be released and when non-local data is requested.

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