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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
William F. Baxter, Iii, Holliston, MA (US);
Kendell A. Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
Daniel Castel, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Bermingham, Framingham, MA (US);
James M. Guyer, Northborough, MA (US);
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
William F. Baxter, III, Holliston, MA (US);
Kendell A. Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
Daniel Castel, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Bermingham, Framingham, MA (US);
James M. Guyer, Northborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A queuing system wherein at least one input/output (I/O) interface having an outbound queue. A plurality of processing units is coupled to the at least one I/O interface. Each one of the processing units is coupled to a corresponding processing unit memory. Each one of the processing unit memories has an inbound queue for such coupled processing unit. The at least one I/O interface outbound queue stores outbound information being returned to the I/O interface after being processed by one of the processing units. The I/O interface creates queue indices for storage in the inbound queues of the processor unit memories. The I/O interface includes a translation table, such table storing at a location a producer index for the plurality of processing units and a consumer index for such plurality of processing units.