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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:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1991
Kazumasa Hamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeki Shibayama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multiprocessor system wherein a main storage is divided into a plurality of banks and a plurality of common buses are provided, in order to access the main storage. Each processor selects and acquires one of the buses in accordance with the utilization status of the common buses, and releases the bus after transmitting an access request utilizing the acquired bus. After processing the request, the main storage selects and acquires one of the buses in accordance with the utilization status of the common buses at that time independently of the bus which has transmitted the request, and transmits a result of the processing to the processor which has transmitted the access request utilizing the acquired bus.
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