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Patent No.:

US 8539167 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Mutsuhiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;

Motofumi Kashiwaya, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Mutsuhiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;

Motofumi Kashiwaya, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A shared memory device is disclosed which includes: a plurality of processor elements; a plurality of memory modules configured to be accessible by the plurality of processor elements; and a connection device configured to enable a specific processor element out of the plurality of processor elements to access a specific memory module out of the plurality of memory modules; wherein the plurality of processor elements are allowed to access via the connection device a plurality of memory systems each constituted by at least one memory module; and wherein each of the plurality of memory systems accessible by different processor elements allows the plurality of memory modules to be partially shared and accessed by the different processor elements.


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