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CPU system, bus bridge, control method therefor, and computer system

US7315913B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2005
Grant dateJan 1, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4031
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system having an arrangement that a CPU (101) connected to a bus (107) via bus bridge (103) and a CPU 102 connected to a bus (107) via bus bridge (104), when the bus bridge (103) receives a semaphore acquisition request from the CPU (101), it controls acquisition of a semaphore on the basis of a semi_out signal received from the bus bridge (104) and a priority order received via a signal line (112).

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