Scalable cross bar type storage controller
US5960455A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0811
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for a computer system to efficiently operate with multiple instruction processors and input/output subsystem in a symmetrical multi-processing environment. The computer system uses a new storage controller having a high performance interconnect scheme that scales in system performance as additional common storage controller modules are added. The interconnect scheme has the cost advantage of a bus connected system while achieving the performance characteristics of a crossbar connected system.
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