DE3372677D1 - Multiprocessor system for handling interprocessor calls - Google Patents

Multiprocessor system for handling interprocessor calls

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DE3372677D1
DE3372677D1 DE8383902652T DE3372677T DE3372677D1 DE 3372677 D1 DE3372677 D1 DE 3372677D1 DE 8383902652 T DE8383902652 T DE 8383902652T DE 3372677 T DE3372677 T DE 3372677T DE 3372677 D1 DE3372677 D1 DE 3372677D1
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interprocessor
calls
handling
multiprocessor system
multiprocessor
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Dennis Debruler
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NCR International Inc
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F9/54—Interprogram communication
    • G06F9/544—Buffers; Shared memory; Pipes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/0284—Multiple user address space allocation, e.g. using different base addresses
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/0292—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing using tables or multilevel address translation means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F15/161—Computing infrastructure, e.g. computer clusters, blade chassis or hardware partitioning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F15/163—Interprocessor communication
    • G06F15/173—Interprocessor communication using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
DE8383902652T 1982-08-26 1983-03-28 Multiprocessor system for handling interprocessor calls Expired DE3372677D1 (en)

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US06/411,899 US4539637A (en) 1982-08-26 1982-08-26 Method and apparatus for handling interprocessor calls in a multiprocessor system
PCT/US1983/000435 WO1984001043A1 (en) 1982-08-26 1983-03-28 Method and apparatus for handling interprocessor calls in a multiprocessor system

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EP (1) EP0116591B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS59501802A (de)
DE (1) DE3372677D1 (de)
WO (1) WO1984001043A1 (de)

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