PARALLEL PROCESSING NETWORK AND METHOD
Assignee
BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED
Filed
Oct 16, 1986
Granted
Aug 23, 1988
Location
HIGHLANDS NJ US
Abstract
A message passing parallel processing system capable of executing different types of intercommunication protocols simultaneously, as well as plural instances of each type of protocol. Each processing node of the system contains a message passing protocol apparatus comprising a protocol processor and a memory. Messages passed between nodes contains, inter alia, a protocol type and an identification of an instance of the protocol type. Examples of protocol types might be shared memory, hierarchical tree connect, distributed sets, etc. Messages are passed to processing nodes from other processing nodes in fixed sized blocks and only when input buffers are empty. Flow control of the network is self-regulating and the network is deadlock free.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Apr 15, 1987
Rescinded
May 22, 1987
Duration
1 month
Inventor
- 1ERIK P. DE BENEDICTIS
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4766534
- Application
- 06919808
- Aerospace match
- No
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records