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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1997
Umakishore Ramachandran, West Newton, MA (US);
Robert H Halstead, Jr, Belmont, MA (US);
Christopher F Joerg, Watertown, MA (US);
Leonidas Kontothanassis, Belmont, MA (US);
Rishiyur S Nikhil, Arlington, MA (US);
James M Rehg, Arlington, MA (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a computer system, a memory is allocated to a plurality of ports. The ports are arranged in a spatial ordering. A plurality of various sized data items are temporally ordered in each of the plurality of ports. Each data item includes a time-stamp to indicate the temporal ordering of the plurality of data items. The plurality of data items are atomically accessed by a plurality of threads using space and time coordinates. The space and time coordinates uniquely identify each of the plurality of data items.