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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Mark A Kaufman, Brighton, MA (US);
Fernando Oliveira, Framingham, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital data processing system and method with shared, distributed memory transfers data between corresponding data sets within memory. The digital data processing system includes a plurality of processing cells interconnected by a hierarchical network, at least some of the processing cells including a processor and a memory. Each memory provides storage space which is arranged in sets, with each set being capable of holding a plurality of data pages. At least one of the processing cells, as a first processing cell, includes a page distributor for determining when at least a first set in the associated memory has reached a predetermined storage commitment condition (for example, a filled condition). Under such a condition, the page distributor invokes a page-transfer element that selects a candidate processing cell from among the other processing cells and transfers one or more pages from the first set to a corresponding set in the candidate processing cell.