Patent ID: 7360067
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of processor communication in a multi-processor system containing at least first and second processor clusters interconnected by a network, said first and second processor clusters each containing multiple processors coupled by a cluster interconnect, said method comprising: in each processor cluster, providing a first processor with an internal processor communication register (PCR) that provides that processor continuous access to information stored within the PCR; the first processor in the first processor cluster retrieving contents of one or more sectors of a the PCR contained in the a first processor, wherein one of the one or more sectors is allocated for storing by only a second processor within the second processor clusters; receiving information at the first processor transmitted from the second processor over the network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) at a network layer; and in response to receiving the information, the first processor storing the received information in the sector in its internal PCR allocated to the second processor.