Multiprocessor system

1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a multiprocessor system having plural processors and an optical bus shared by the plural processors, and intends to simplify the cache control, reduce the volume of hardware, and shorten the memory access processing time. For this purpose, the multi...

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Main Authors Ozeki, Shinobu, Kamimura, Takeshi, Kobayashi, Kenichi, Sakai, Kazuhiro, Hamada, Tsutomu, Funada, Masao, Fujimagari, Hiroshi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.11.2003
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Summary:1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a multiprocessor system having plural processors and an optical bus shared by the plural processors, and intends to simplify the cache control, reduce the volume of hardware, and shorten the memory access processing time. For this purpose, the multiprocessor system of the invention includes a shared memory, a cache memory connected to the shared memory, an optical bus connected to the cache memory, and plural processors connected to the optical bus, which access to the cache memory through the optical bus.