Multiprocessing system with distributed input/output management
US5574862A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/167
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multiprocessing system uses remote file managers associated with each remote processor to prepare data for storage in a disk storage array. The data are then transferred from the remote processor to a host processor over one bus, and routed from the host processor to the disk storage array over another bus, all without intervention by the file manager associated with the host processor. Remote sound managers interpret sound generator calls and route them to a host sound manager for transfer to a sound generating device. Processors transfer processing requests and data with one another through direct access to a portion of each processor's memory. Virtual storage disks are created for each processor by interpreting conventional files as disks in the remote file managers. Conventional network services are provided over a computer bus by interpreting conventional network commands and translating them into a form communicable over the bus.
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