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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2008
Applicants:

Shinji Kashiwagi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Kashiwagi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a multiprocessor apparatus including a plurality of processors connected to a common bus, a co-processor provided in common to the processors, an arbitration circuit that arbitrates contention among the processors with respect to use of a resource in the co-processor through a tightly coupled bus by the processors and a multiplexer coupled to the arbitration circuit, coupled to the processors through a local buses, and coupled to the co-processor through the local buses to transfer the commands received from the respective processors to the co-processor in accordance with a permission signal output by the arbitration circuit.


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