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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Tsutomu Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasukichi Ohkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasukichi Ohkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a multiprocessor system in which data transmission efficiency is unlikely to be affected if a damaged processor should exist among a plurality of processors. The multiprocessor system has a plurality of processing modules, including a predetermined number, being three or more, of processors, and a bus for relaying data transmission among the respective processing modules, and specifies at least one damaged processor; selects as a communication restricted processor subjected to communication restriction at least one of the processors connected to the bus at a position determined according to a position where the damaged processor is connected to the bus; and restricts data transmission by the communication restricted processor via the bus.