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Multi-processor data processing system
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Issued on: 07/22/1980
Inventor: Tokita ,   et al.

Apparatus and method for providing synchronization between processes and events occurring at different times in a data processing system
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Issued on: 01/18/1983
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Memory control circuit for subsystem controller
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Issued on: 05/20/1986
Inventor: Mathews

Method of synchronizing the sequence by which a variety of randomly called unrelated activities are executed in a digital processor
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Issued on: 02/24/1987
Inventor: Green ,   et al.

Multiple I/O bus virtual broadcast of programmed I/O instructions
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Issued on: 08/08/1989
Inventor: Presant

Coprocessor with dataflow circuitry controlling sequencing to execution unit of data received in tokens from master processor
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Issued on: 08/22/1989
Inventor: Nomura ,   et al.

Apparatus and method for control of one computer system by another computer system
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Issued on: 11/21/1989
Inventor: Quint, et al.

Process distribution and sharing system for multiple processor computer system
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Issued on: 04/03/1990
Inventor: Peacock

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Multiprocessor task scheduling system
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Issued on: 01/15/1991
Inventor: Dulong, et al.

Multiple cooperating and concurrently operating processors using individually dedicated memories
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Issued on: 05/12/1992
Inventor: Talbott, et al.

System for controlling task operation of slave processor by switching access to shared memory banks by master processor
Patent #: 5167028
Issued on: 11/24/1992
Inventor: Shires

Partitioning software in a multiprocessor system
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Issued on: 11/09/1993
Inventor: Crawford, et al.

Multiprocessor software interface for a graphics processor subsystem employing partially linked dynamic load modules which are downloaded and fully linked at run time
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Issued on: 12/07/1993
Inventor: Denio, et al.

System for asynchronously delivering self-describing control elements with a pipe interface having distributed, shared memory
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Issued on: 06/28/1994
Inventor: Bonevento, et al.

Task scheduling method in a multiprocessor system where task selection is determined by processor identification and evaluation information
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Issued on: 09/20/1994
Inventor: Kaneko, et al.

First processor for dividing long argument data into packets and storing total packet count and packets in shared buffer for subsequent execution by second processor
Patent #: 5355485
Issued on: 10/11/1994
Inventor: Denio, et al.

System for extending software calls to functions on another processor by means of a communications buffer
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Issued on: 04/04/1995
Inventor: Denio

System of two-way communication between processors using a single queue partitioned with pointers and limited overwrite privileges
Patent #: 5418913
Issued on: 05/23/1995
Inventor: Fujimoto

Method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of users to a plurality of applications on a common display device
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Issued on: 08/15/1995
Inventor: Bier

Input/output control system and method for direct memory transfer according to location addresses provided by the source unit and destination addresses provided by the destination unit
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Issued on: 12/12/1995
Inventor: Ellison, et al.

Method and apparatus for background processing for PCMCIA card services
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Issued on: 06/25/1996
Inventor: Stanley, et al.

System for PCMCIA peripheral to execute instructions from shared memory where the system reset signal causes switching between modes of operation by alerting the starting address
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Issued on: 07/16/1996
Inventor: Bedingfield, et al.

Method and apparatus for dynamically linking code segments in real time in a multiprocessor computing system employing dual buffered shared memory Patent #: 5539896
Issued on: 07/23/1996
Inventor: Lisle