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Interprocessor messaging system

US5915088A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 1996
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/17381
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiprocessor system is configured so that each of the central processing units (CPUs) of the system have accessed at least portions of the memory of each other CPU. Interprocessor messaging is conducted by a CPU writing to, or reading from, the memory of another CPU of the system.

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