MULTIPLE PROCESSOR ACCESS TO SHARED PROGRAM MEMORY

A shared program memory and related components configured to distribute data from a memory block to multiple processors at the same time. An arbiter determines what processors are requesting data from the same memory locations. Data from that memory location is then accessed and sent to the requesti...

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Main Authors Coffin Jerome V, Hilton Robert Nicholas, Clevenger William Christensen
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.05.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A shared program memory and related components configured to distribute data from a memory block to multiple processors at the same time. An arbiter determines what processors are requesting data from the same memory locations. Data from that memory location is then accessed and sent to the requesting processors so that the data arrives at about the same time to each processor, for example, during the same clock cycle. Such distribution is made possible using a configuration such as a shared data bus with corresponding valid bits for each register or using a multicaster and separate data busses for each processor.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514950807