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Method of synchronizing independent functional unit

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OSTI ID:1426755
A system for synchronizing parallel processing of a plurality of functional processing units (FPU), a first FPU and a first program counter to control timing of a first stream of program instructions issued to the first FPU by advancement of the first program counter; a second FPU and a second program counter to control timing of a second stream of program instructions issued to the second FPU by advancement of the second program counter, the first FPU is in communication with a second FPU to synchronize the issuance of a first stream of program instructions to the second stream of program instructions and the second FPU is in communication with the first FPU to synchronize the issuance of the second stream program instructions to the first stream of program instructions.
Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
9,916,163
Application Number:
15/401,204
OSTI ID:
1426755
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Decoupled access/execute computer architectures journal April 1982
The StageNet fabric for constructing resilient multicore systems conference November 2008

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