Multi-processor with crossbar link of processors and memories and method of operation
US5471592A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0284
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a multiprocessor system and method arranged, in one embodiment, as an image and graphics processor. The processor is structured with several individual processors all having communication links to several memories without restriction. A crossbar switch serves to establish the processor memory links and the entire image processor, including the individual processors, the crossbar switch and the memories, are contained on a single silicon chip.
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