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Input/output cell in parallel computer and parallel computer system

US5712975A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1995
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4022
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input/output control unit switches modes between a parallel access mode in which a plurality of I/O interfaces, to which a plurality of external storage devices are connected, are collectively controlled as if they were a single interface and an individual access mode in which the plurality of interfaces are individually controlled. Data can be distributed or combined when transmitted between the external storage devices and a network.

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