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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Gene F Young, Lexington, SC (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A symmetric multiprocessor system constructed from industry standard commodity components together with an advanced dual-ported memory controller. The multiprocessor system comprises a processor bus; up to four Intel Pentium.RTM. Pro processors connected to the processor bus; an I/O bus; a system memory; and a dual-ported memory controller connected to the system memory, the dual ported memory controller having a first port connected to the processor bus to manage processor to system memory transactions and a second port connected to the I/O bus to manage I/O transactions. Furthermore, two such systems can be connected together through a common I/O bus, thereby creating an eight-processor Pentium.RTM. Pro processor SMP system.