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Interconnection process and system for the control of messages in an array of processors having a parallel structure

US5574931A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/17337
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for controlling the circulation of messages in a ring network, in which the data are consecutively supplied, which ensures a consistency of the circulating messages. It also relates to an interconnection system for performing this process. This system comprises a plurality of processors (P0, . . . , Pn) connected on a ring network by means of in each case a cell (C0, . . . , Cn) ensuring the transmission and reception of messages circulating in the ring, a reception module (R0, . . . , Rn) able to store the messages intended for the processor and a transmission module (E0, . . . En) able to store the messages to be supplied to the network.

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