Method and modules for control of pipelines carrying data using pipelines carrying control signals
US6360288B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3867
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system is described in which control of the flow of data items in one pipeline is achieved using the values of control elements in another pipeline. Typically, each pipeline includes elements known as “places” and “paths,” and the pipelines have special connections between them by which the data present in a place in a first pipeline can be used to control the disposition of data in the second pipeline. For example, the first pipeline can control the second pipeline to enable the addition, deletion, or steering of data items in the second pipeline.
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