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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1997
James F Bertone, Quincy, MA (US);
Bruno DiPlacido, Jr, Dedham, MA (US);
Thomas F Joyce, Westford, MA (US);
Martin Massucci, Burlington, MA (US);
Lance J McNally, Townsend, MA (US);
Thomas L Murray, Jr, Hollis, NH (US);
Chester M Nibby, Jr, Beverly, MA (US);
Michelle A Pence, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Marc Sanfacon, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jian-Kuo Shen, Belmont, MA (US);
Jeffrey S Somers, Lowell, MA (US);
G Lewis Steiner, Milford, MA (US);
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A symmetric multiprocessing system with a unified environment and distributed system functions provides unified address space for all functional units in the system while distributing the execution of various system functions over the functional units of the system whereby each functional unit assumes responsibility for its own aspects of these operations. In addition, the system provides improved system bus operation for transfer of data from memory.