CA1302580C - Apparatus and method for using lockout for synchronization of access to main memory signal groups in a multiprocessor data processing system - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for using lockout for synchronization of access to main memory signal groups in a multiprocessor data processing system

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CA1302580C
CA1302580C CA000570917A CA570917A CA1302580C CA 1302580 C CA1302580 C CA 1302580C CA 000570917 A CA000570917 A CA 000570917A CA 570917 A CA570917 A CA 570917A CA 1302580 C CA1302580 C CA 1302580C
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data
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David N. Cutler
David A. Orbits
Dileep Bhandarkar
Richard T. Witek
Wayne Cardoza
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/16—Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/52—Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/76—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers
    • G06F15/80—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers comprising an array of processing units with common control, e.g. single instruction multiple data processors
    • G06F15/8053—Vector processors
    • G06F15/8061—Details on data memory access
    • G06F15/8069—Details on data memory access using a cache

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CA000570917A 1987-07-01 1988-06-30 Apparatus and method for using lockout for synchronization of access to main memory signal groups in a multiprocessor data processing system Expired - Fee Related CA1302580C (en)

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US6938087A 1987-07-01 1987-07-01
US069,380 1987-07-01

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EP (1) EP0297895B1 (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS6488673A (en, 2012)
KR (1) KR0136111B1 (en, 2012)
CN (1) CN1014938B (en, 2012)
AU (1) AU627152B2 (en, 2012)
BR (1) BR8803383A (en, 2012)
CA (1) CA1302580C (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE3855616T2 (en, 2012)
IN (1) IN169634B (en, 2012)

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CN110161972B (zh) * 2018-02-11 2021-05-11 上银科技股份有限公司 多机同步协同控制方法及系统

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CN1014938B (zh) 1991-11-27
CN1030312A (zh) 1989-01-11
KR0136111B1 (ko) 1998-06-15
IN169634B (en, 2012) 1991-11-23
JPS6488673A (en) 1989-04-03
AU627152B2 (en) 1992-08-20
KR890002759A (ko) 1989-04-11
EP0297895B1 (en) 1996-10-16
DE3855616D1 (de) 1996-11-21
AU1863588A (en) 1989-01-05
EP0297895A3 (en) 1992-01-22
DE3855616T2 (de) 1997-05-15
BR8803383A (pt) 1989-01-24
EP0297895A2 (en) 1989-01-04

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