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Processors

US9092212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 2013
Grant dateJul 28, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 6, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/17
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processing apparatus comprises a plurality of processors 12, each arranged to perform an instruction, and a bus 20 arranged to carry data and control tokens between the processors. Each processor 12 is arranged, if it receives a control token via the bus, to carry out the instruction, and on carrying out the instruction, to perform an operation on the data, to identify any of the processors 12 which are to be data target processors, and to transmit output data to any identified data target processors, to identify any of the processors which are to be control target processors, and to transmit a control token to any identified control target processors.

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