GB2318894B - A method and apparatus for controlling access by two computer processors to a shared resource - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for controlling access by two computer processors to a shared resource

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GB2318894B
GB2318894B GB9716473A GB9716473A GB2318894B GB 2318894 B GB2318894 B GB 2318894B GB 9716473 A GB9716473 A GB 9716473A GB 9716473 A GB9716473 A GB 9716473A GB 2318894 B GB2318894 B GB 2318894B
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shared resource
computer processors
controlling access
processors
access
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Neil Wilson
Patrick John Ratcliffe
Steven John Metzler
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SPORTABLES Ltd
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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
    • G06F9/52—Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
GB9716473A 1996-10-29 1997-08-04 A method and apparatus for controlling access by two computer processors to a shared resource Expired - Fee Related GB2318894B (en)

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IE960753A IE960753A1 (en) 1996-10-29 1996-10-29 A method and apparatus for controlling access by two¹computer processors to a shared resource

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EP0032182A1 (en) * 1979-12-03 1981-07-22 HONEYWELL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.p.A. Apparatus for accessing to common resources by several processors in a multiprocessor system
WO1983004117A1 (en) * 1982-05-19 1983-11-24 Western Electric Company, Inc. Shared resource locking apparatus
EP0130593A2 (en) * 1983-07-01 1985-01-09 Bull HN Information Systems Inc. Shared resource lockout apparatus

Patent Citations (3)

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EP0032182A1 (en) * 1979-12-03 1981-07-22 HONEYWELL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.p.A. Apparatus for accessing to common resources by several processors in a multiprocessor system
WO1983004117A1 (en) * 1982-05-19 1983-11-24 Western Electric Company, Inc. Shared resource locking apparatus
EP0130593A2 (en) * 1983-07-01 1985-01-09 Bull HN Information Systems Inc. Shared resource lockout apparatus

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