Patent ID: 6571301
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A multi processor system comprising:a first processor, having a data input terminal and a data output terminal, which first processor is programmed so as to decide destinations to which data items successively input from an input terminal thereto should be delivered and deliver the input data items to the decided destinations, the first processor connected to a data memory; a plurality of second processors, each of which has a data input terminal and a data output terminal and is programmed so as to execute a predetermined process on data items delivered from said first processor, each of the plurality of second processors connected to the data memory; a third processor having a data input terminal and a data output terminal, the input terminal coupled to each of the plurality of second processors; and an output data transmission unit that transmits to an output port a data item selected from output data items from said plurality of second processors and an output data item from said third processor, wherein said third processor is programmed so as to execute a predetermined process on each of the output data items from said plurality of second processors connected to the data memory, and inform said output data transmission unit, based on a result obtained in said predetermined process, which output data item is to be transmitted to the output port.