Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Generic control system – apparatus or process – Plural processors
Patent
1996-03-22
2000-05-09
Grant, William
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Generic control system, apparatus or process
Plural processors
700 82, 713 1, G05B 1500
Patent
active
060615990
ABSTRACT:
Auto-configuration support for a multiple processor-ready pair or FRC-master/checker pair is achieved through the use of an initialization signal issued to each agent on a bus during system reset. The agents on the bus are interconnected using a rotating interconnect scheme which causes each agent to sample a signal issued from another agent on a pin different from the pin on which the other agent issued the signal. When operating in FRC-master/checker mode, the checker agent operates as if it were the master agent, thereby checking the operation of the master agent. The initialization signal modifies the input and or output lines connected to the pins of the checker agent based on this rotating interconnect scheme, thereby ensuring the checker agent properly checks the master agent's operation.
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Pathikonda Chakrapani
Rhodehamel Michael W.
Sarangdhar Nitin V.
Garland Steven R.
Grant William
Intel Corporation
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