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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bruce M. Fleischer, Bedford Hills, NY (US);

Thomas W. Fox, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Hans M. Jacobson, White Plains, NY (US);

Ravi Nair, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/362 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/362 (2013.01); G06F 13/287 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 15/17337 (2013.01);
Abstract

Direct communication of data between processing elements is provided. An aspect includes sending, by a first processing element, data over an inter-processing element chaining bus. The data is destined for another processing element via a data exchange component that is coupled between the first processing element and a second processing element via a communication line disposed between corresponding multiplexors of the first processing element and the second processing element. A further aspect includes determining, by the data exchange component, whether the data has been received at the data exchange element. If so, an indicator is set in a register of the data exchange component and the data is forwarded to the other processing element. Setting the indicator causes the first processing element to stall. If the data has not been received, the other processing element is stalled while the data exchange component awaits receipt of the data.


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