WO2001016742A3 - Network shared memory - Google Patents

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WO2001016742A3
WO2001016742A3 PCT/US2000/024248 US0024248W WO0116742A3 WO 2001016742 A3 WO2001016742 A3 WO 2001016742A3 US 0024248 W US0024248 W US 0024248W WO 0116742 A3 WO0116742 A3 WO 0116742A3
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Chris Miller
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Abstract

Methods, systems and devices are described for a network shared memory. A method, includes: creating and assembling a message buffer in shared memory; parsing the message buffer for a plurality of pointer fields; and passing a message from a transmitting process to a receiving process by passing at least one pointer. The methods, systems and devices provide advantages because the speed and scalability of parallel processor systems is enhanced.
PCT/US2000/024248 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Network shared memory WO2001016742A2 (en)

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PCT/US2000/024329 WO2001016750A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 High-availability, shared-memory cluster
PCT/US2000/024248 WO2001016742A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Network shared memory
PCT/US2000/024039 WO2001016760A1 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Switchable shared-memory cluster
PCT/US2000/024147 WO2001016737A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Cache-coherent shared-memory cluster
PCT/US2000/024210 WO2001016740A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient event waiting
PCT/US2000/024217 WO2001016741A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Semaphore control of shared-memory
PCT/US2000/024216 WO2001016761A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient page allocation
PCT/US2000/024150 WO2001016738A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient page ownership control
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PCT/US2000/024210 WO2001016740A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient event waiting
PCT/US2000/024217 WO2001016741A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Semaphore control of shared-memory
PCT/US2000/024216 WO2001016761A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient page allocation
PCT/US2000/024150 WO2001016738A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Efficient page ownership control
PCT/US2000/024298 WO2001016743A2 (en) 1999-08-31 2000-08-31 Shared memory disk

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