Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Patent
1997-12-17
2000-07-25
Chan, Eddie P.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
711148, 711147, 711170, 711173, G06F 1200
Patent
active
060947101
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for increasing system memory bandwidth within a symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system are disclosed. The symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system includes several processing units. With conventional systems, all these processing units are typically coupled to a system memory via an interconnect. In order to increase the bandwidth of the system memory, the system memory is first divided into multiple partial system memories, wherein an aggregate of contents within all of these partial system memories equals to the contents of the system memory. Then, each of the processing units is individually associated with one of the partial system memories, such that the bandwidth of the system memory within the symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system is increased.
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Arimilli Ravi Kumar
Dodson John Steven
Lewis Jerry Don
Chan Eddie P.
Emile Volel
International Business Machines - Corporation
McLean Kimberly N.
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