Independent channel coupled to be shared by multiple physical processing nodes with each node characterized as having its own memory, CPU and operating system image

作者: Martin William Sachs , Marten Jan Halma

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关键词: Logical addressConcatenationCommunication channelNode (computer science)Parallel computingOutput deviceImage IdentifierCoupling (computer programming)Computer networkIdentifierComputer science

摘要: A computer system and processing method are provided for coupling multiple physical nodes together, wherein each node is characterized as having its own memory, by either at least one channel which independent of coupled to the or input/output (I/O) processor, again nodes. The and/or I/O processor couple shared device. Sharing practical providing "indirect logical addressing" using address tables within subsystem. associate an image identifier (Image -- ID) (PN concatenation with indexed use in communicating operation parameters across channel.

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