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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:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Murali Basavaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph D Kinkade, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary F Campbell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Srinivasa Murthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tandem Computers Incorporated, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520028 ;
Abstract
A multiprocessor system is configured so that each of the central processing units (CPUs) of the system have accessed at least portions of the memory of each other CPU. Interprocessor messaging is conducted by a CPU writing to, or reading from, the memory of another CPU of the system.