International Business Machines Corporation

Carl Henry Grant

Charles Edward Kuhlmann

James T Tsevdos

Shahram Salamian

Eugene M Thomas

Jace W Krull

Paul Eugene Nelson

Frank Allen Newlin, Iii

Karl W Stevens

Robert L Adams, Jr

John Richard Gaetjen

Clark Evans Cramer

A computer system is provided in which asynchronously operating processing elements in the system are connected by means of an interconnection media so as to permit communication between an executing program on one of the processing elements with the memory on another processing element. Inter-processing communication logic located on each of the processing elements permits communication between executing programs on any one processing element. Inter-delivery support hardware is provided for interfacing between the interconnection media and the inter-processing communication logic. The inter-delivery support hardware operates asynchronously with respect to the executing programs on the processing elements for (i) enqueuing control elements obtained by a function on a first processing element from physical memory on the first processing element; (ii) temporarily storing the enqueued control elements in a first memory device associated with the first processing element; (iii) copying over the interconnection media via a copy transaction the temporarily stored control elements from the first memory device to a second memory device associated with a second processing element; and (iv) dequeuing the copied control elements from the second memory device to physical memory on the second processing element.

Method and apparatus for distributing control messages between

An improved I/O interrupt sequencing method and apparatus including generation of an instruction priority request signal to indicate that a real time task requires programmed I/O service. Generating an end of chain signal to suspend burst I/O control of the I/O bus and allow programmed I/O service to a real time device, and resetting the instruction priority request signal to allow burst mode data transfer to continue at the count positions at which it was suspended.

I/O Interrupt sequencing for real time and burst mode devices

A method for accessing and storing data in randomly assigned storage locations in a memory associated with a processor under the control of external circuits connected to the processor I/O bus, said external circuits being provided with registers for storing several assigned addresses in the memory which contain the starting addresses in the memory of a control list stored in a plurality of sequential addresses and five or more storage areas, each including a plurality of contiguous storage locations and further provision being made within the said processor for incrementing the addresses stored in the said assigned addresses each time they are accessed for performing a reading or writing operation in the memory location designated therein.

Data transfer system

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