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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
James S Marin, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ;
Abstract
A computer system has a plurality of processors sharing a bus. Bus arbitration circuitry is located on each processor for determining bus access. The identity of the processor which is responsible for arbitrating bus access changes from time to time. Each processor has a plurality of possible arbitration states, which are controllable through execution of software by the processor.