Patent ID: 6681282
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A multiprocessor computer system comprising:a first plurality of processors interconnected so that they can share memory; a plurality of microprocessors, one of said microprocessors associated with one or more processors of said plurality of processors; a microprocessor memory associated with each microprocessor of said plurality of microprocessors; a local area network through which said plurality of microprocessors communicate; a data structure stored in each microprocessor memory of said plurality of microprocessors, said data structure giving coordinates and status of each of said processors; and, a process executing in each of said microprocessors, said process communicating with other microprocessors through said local area network, and in response to said data structure said process controlling said multiprocessor computer system to enable changes in said multiprocessor computer system to be made without halting execution of a second plurality of processors of said multiprocessor computer system.