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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Matthew Mattina, Boylston, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Wentzlaff, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Matthew Mattina, Boylston, MA (US);
Anant Agarwal, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Tilera Corporation, Westborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/163 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0808 (2013.01); G06F 12/1027 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a plurality of processor cores, each comprising a computation unit and a memory. The apparatus further comprises an interconnection network to transmit data among the processor cores. At least some of the memories are configured as a cache for memory external to the processor cores, and at least some of the processor cores are configured to transmit a message over the interconnection network to access a cache of another processor core.