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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1993
Yu-Min Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a data processor capable of communicating with at least another data processor among a plurality of networked processors and the data processor comprises a communication state means for receiving and sending a plurality of messages relating to performing the communication with the networked data processor(s). The communication state means includes a table-look-up means and a nested-selection means wherein each of the means is capable of receiving and utilizing the messages for identifying a processor communication state of the data processor. The table-look-up means and the nested-selection means of the communication state means are optimized to perform the process of identifying the processor communication state in a logic sequence for minimizing the time required in performing the identifying process whereby the communication among the networked data processors may be more efficiently performed.