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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1976
Francois Anceau, Gieres, FR;
Claude Beauducel, Franconville, FR;
Pierre Courboulay, Paris, FR;
Jacques Cretin, Le Chesnay, FR;
Abstract
A device for coupling several data processing units to a central memory, the processing units being each provided with means for exchanging data with peripheral devices and with computing means, the device includes management means for controlling the sequential execution of orders issued from the memory, according to a hierarchical classification of the lists of tasks for the exchange processes and the computing process and further includes devices for commutation upon control of decoding means of a signal produced by the processing units, in accordance with the value of a binary digit associated to a task of a fresh list of actuatable tasks established in a non-hierarchical system.