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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Fu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carlton T. Amdahl, Alameda County, CA (US);
Walstein Bennett Smith, III, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
Fully connected multiple FCU-based architectures reduce requirements for Tag SRAM size and memory read latencies. A preferred embodiment of a symmetric multiprocessor system includes a switched fabric (switch matrix) for data transfers that provides multiple concurrent buses that enable greatly increased bandwidth between processors and shared memory. A high-speed point-to-point Channel couples command initiators and memory with the switch matrix and with I/O subsystems.