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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Akira Kabemoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Naohiro Shibata, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Muta, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Shimamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirohide Sugahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Junji Nishioka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatsugu Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Shinohara, Kawasaki, JP;
Yozo Nakayama, Aza Unoke-machi, JP;
Jun Sakurai, Sendai, JP;
Hiroaki Ishihata, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Horie, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
PFU Limited, Kahoku, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of processors, each with caches provided for a plurality of processor modules and a local storage in which a main storage is distributed and arranged are mutually connected through an internal snoop bus. The processor modules are mutually connected through a second system bus. By using two separate buses, cache coherence operations within a processor group is kept separate from cache coherence operations outside the processor group.