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G06F 13/12 (2006.01) G06F 13/28 (2006.01) G06F 13/40 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1228677
Abstract of the Disclosure A peripheral interface system is disclosed. An input-output processor is provided to receive input-output commands from a central processing unit. Up to four multiplexing units may be connected to the input-output pro- cessor, with each multiplexing unit providing an interface for up to four controller units, which may be used to control a peripheral device. The multiplexing unit includes a pair of data buffers, each with its own addressing cir- cuit, and each functionally divided into four storage areas, each storage area providing four registers to store four parcels of data. Data is transferred between the input- output processor and the controller units by filling the storage area in a buffer from the local memory of the input- output processor in a serial fashion over a DMA channel pro- vided between the multiplexer and the local memory. Data transferred from the storage area in the multiplexer to a controller is sent one parcel every four clock periods, according to a scanner/time slot synchronization scheme bet- ween the multiplexer and the up to four controllers which may be connected thereto. Similarly, data parcels are transferred from the controller to the multiplexer on a scanner/time slot basis, and from the storage area of the multiplexer to the memory in a serial, consecutive fashion over the DMA channel. In operation, the buffers of the multiplexer are alternately filled and emptied such that one may be filling while the other one is emptying. A pair of buffers are also provided in the controller unit, which also may be alternately filled and emptied as between the peripheral device and the multiplexer.
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Cray Research Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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