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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Wisler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yu-Cheung Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles W. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/214 ; G06F 1/216 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/214 ; G06F 1/216 ;
Abstract
A symmetrical processing system includes a number of processor units sharing a memory element. At least a portion of the memory element is partitioned so that separate memory partitions are made exclusively available to some if not all the processor units.