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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Fujibayashi, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsushi Tanaka, Urawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Minowa, Odawara, JP;
Hikari Mikami, Odawara, JP;
Hisashi Nanao, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A disk controller which includes a plurality of interfaces to host computers or disk devices, each interface having a processor, a memory unit coupled to the interfaces in a one-to-one ratio by respective access paths, the memory unit having a memory in which information is stored, and a common bus coupling to the processors included in the interfaces. Each processor of each interface transmits broadcast data to all of the processors of the interfaces, except its own, by way of the common bus.