Patents Assigned to Terraforce Technologies Corp.
  • Patent number: 6678801
    Abstract: A multi-processor system includes a global bus (14) having associated therewith a global address space with a plurality of processor nodes (10) associated therewith. Each of the processor nodes (10) has a CPU (20) associated therewith which interfaces with a local bus. The local bus has a local address space associated therewith. A dual port SRAM (DPSRAM)(34) is provided for interfacing between the global bus (14) and the local bus (30). Each DPSRAM (34) for each processor core (10) has a defined address space within the global bus address space. Whenever any of the global resource writes to the particular processor node (10), it is only necessary to address the designated DPSRAM (34) and transfer data thereto. The act of transferring the data thereto will generate an interrupt to the associated CPU (20) which will then cause it to read the received data on the local bus by addressing its associated DPSRAM (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Terraforce Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Michael C. Greim, James R. Bartlett