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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Applicants:
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Knowles, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tom A. Heynemann, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Sprouse, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Knowles, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tom A. Heynemann, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Sprouse, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a system including multiple-slice processors and memories, a synchronization unit with race avoidance capability includes a delegated write engine that receives data and memory address information from the processors and writes data to the memory as a delegate for the processors.