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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian D. Falardeau, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a processing system comprising: 1) a first data processor comprising a unified memory architecture for receiving memory access requests from an external bus coupled to the first data processor; 2) a memory coupled to the first data processor and controlled by the unified memory architecture, the memory storing a first plurality of instructions executable by the first data processor; and 3) a second data processor coupled to the external bus and capable of sending the memory access requests to the first data processor, wherein the memory access requests access data used by the second data processor stored in the memory.