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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

May. 30, 2014
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Shige Wang, Northville, MI (US);

Chang Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

James K. Thomas, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/546 (2013.01); G06F 15/82 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for reconfigurable inter-processor communications in a controller. The system and method include providing multiple processors in the controller and generating a send buffer and a receive buffer for each of the processors. The system and method further include generating a send table and a receive table for each of the processors where the send table stores identifying information about messages being sent and where the receive table stores identifying information about messages being received, and providing infrastructure services that include protocols for sending and receiving messages between multiple processors in the controller.


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