Multiprocessor system with microprogrammed means for dispatching processes to processors
US5745757A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4881
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a multiprocessor system, events capable of modifying the dispatching of processes to the processors (CPU, CPUi) start the execution of dispatching software charged with defining the new dispatching as a function of events and various data. When the number of processors (CPU, CPUi) is large, the microsoftware must be optimized. To that end, the microsoftware is subdivided into a plurality of specialized microprogram modules for determining the dispatching in response to respective categories of particular events. A central microprogram module takes into account the events other than those processed by the specialized modules.
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