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RING-PATTERN BUS CONNECTED INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

  • US 20100235609A1
  • Filed: 03/09/2010
  • Published: 09/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus including a plurality of processing units communicably connected to a ring bus and configured to process information in order, and a first processing unit, which is one of the plurality of processing units, the apparatus comprising:

  • a transmission unit configured to, when the first processing unit is in a first state where the first processing unit does not process information acquired from the ring bus, transmit to the ring bus a packet indicating that the first processing unit is in the first state;

    a detection unit configured to detect that a second processing unit, which is one of the plurality of processing units, is in the first state from a packet flowing in the ring bus; and

    a control unit configured to, when the second processing unit is detected to be in the first state, restrict a packet having data processed by the first processing unit from being output to the ring bus.

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