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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1991
Sadayuki Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Ishihata, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Horie, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Inano, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a data gathering/scattering system having a data gathering system and a data scattering system in a parallel computer constituted by a plurality of processors connected in parallel through a common bus or hierarchical common buses, the data gathering/scattering system includes: one processor having a buffer for temporarily storing data gathered from or transmitted to other processors, a three-state buffer for transmitting data from the buffer to the common bus, and a switching unit for switching a connection between a transmission and a reception to form the data gathering system or the data scattering system; each of the other processors having a buffer for temporarily storing data to be transferred or data to be received, a transfer control unit for controlling data transmissions from the buffer to the common bus, a reception control unit for selecting the reception data from among all data on the common bus, a three-state buffer for transmitting data from the buffer to the common bus, and a switching unit for switching a connection between a transmission and a reception to form the data gathering system or the data scattering system, and an AND circuit for obtaining a coincidence of a data transmission or data reception among the processors, and for sending a command for a data transmission or data reception to other processors.