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- Patent Title: Multi-processor system and method for controlling reset and processor ID thereof
- Patent Title (中): 多处理器系统及其控制方法及其处理器ID
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Application No.: US11633811Application Date: 2006-12-05
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Publication No.: US07734903B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Young Woo Kim , Sung Nam Kim , Kyoung Park , Seong Woon Kim , Myung Joon Kim
- Applicant: Young Woo Kim , Sung Nam Kim , Kyoung Park , Seong Woon Kim , Myung Joon Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Ladas & Parry LLP
- Priority: KR10-2005-0120055 20051208; KR10-2006-0033537 20060413
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00

Abstract:
Provided are a microprocessor suitable for constructing a multi-processor system and a method for controlling the reset and processor ID of the microprocessor. The microprocessor includes decoder receiving a reset ID having a predetermined binary value and a reset signal and decoding the reset ID, an ID generator receiving the decoding result of the decoder and generating at least one microprocessor ID and a reset ID of a microprocessor serially connected to the microprocessor, and a reset vector unit selecting a reset vector according to the decoding result of the decoder. The multi-processor system is constructed such that independent microprocessors of the system respectively generate their own reset vectors and processor IDs when a reset signal is input to the multi-processor system to initialize it. Thus, all the microprocessors of the system can be simultaneously started up when the reset signal is disabled. Accordingly, a resetting process in the multi-processor system is simplified, a period of time required for starting up the microprocessor is reduced, and the multi-processor system is easily designed.
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