Information processing
US6292821A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/8007
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processing system includes: a first data pool containing information in the form of data items; a plurality of processing elements disposed within the first data pool for processing data items; and a system controller arranged to control the processing elements to take selectively at least one data item from a plurality of data items in the first data pool of the processing elements is arranged to perform, autonomously and asynchronously, a respective operation on its selected at least one data item and produce a resultant data item, and to place the resultant data item into the first data pool. In a preferred embodiment, a second data pool is separated from the first data pool by a boundary and a transfer mechanism governs transfer of data items between the data pools. Input information is put into the second data pool by a user, and after the system has completed processing, output data is available in the second data pool, having been transferred from the first data pool under control of the transfer mechanism.
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