Method and apparatus for managing memory accesses in a multiple multiprocessor cluster system
US5829052A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/2542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cluster controller for controlling access to local memory and remote data cache in a multiple cluster computer system. In a multiple cluster computer system, a local memory in a cluster is part of the overall system address space. In order to manage local access as well as remote access to the local memory, the cluster controller maintains the responsibility of arbitrating the access to memory. Likewise, data from remote memory stored in the remote data cache is controlled by the cluster controller.
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