The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glen E Shires, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lucid Corporation, Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395425 ; 3642281 ; 3642304 ; 3642461 ; 3642547 ; 3642707 ; 3642715 ; 36493146 ; 3649424 ; 3649577 ; 3649602 ; 3649666 ; 364D / ; 395725 ;
Abstract
A Multiprocessor system is disclosed which includes a master processor, slave processor, and first and a second bank of memory for storing information to be operated on by the slave processor and a switch controlled by a master processor to switch the functional position of two banks of memory so that the slave processor switches from operating on information stored in the first bank to operating on information stored in the second bank and back under the control of the master processor.