Efficient protocol for communicating between asynchronous devices
CA 1324683 C · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Durdan, W. Hugh; Dickson, Robert; Bowhill, William J.
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A method for synchronizing data transfers in a data processing system is presented. The invention includes two separate clocks generated by a slave processor one of, which is used to synchronize outgoing signals from the communicating elements and the second of which is used to synchronize incoming signals to the communicating elements.
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- Granted November 23, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 23, 2010.
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