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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Francisco Barat Quesada, Leuven, BE;
Mark Janssens, Leuven, BE;
Francisco Barat Quesada, Leuven, BE;
Mark Janssens, Leuven, BE;
NXP, B. V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A multiprocessor arrangement is disclosed, in which a plurality of processors are able to communicate with each other by means of a plurality of time-sliced memory blocks. At least one, and up to all, of the processors may be able to access more than one time-sliced memories. A mesh arrangement of such processors and memories is disclosed, which may be a partial or complete mesh. The mesh may to two-dimensional, or higher dimensional. A method of communication between processors in a multiprocessor arrangement is also disclosed, in which one or more processors are able to each access a plurality of memories, in each case by time-slicing.