Fay, Sharpe, Beall, Fagan, Minnich & McKee
Computer equipped with serial bus-connected plural processor units providing internal communications
 A loosely coupled multiprocessor computer includes an input/output control unit for fetching both a program and data derived from an external input device and also for outputting processed data to an external output device; storage for storing therein both the program and data inputted from said input/output control unit; process unit for sequentially executing a processing operation of the data based upon the program stored in the storage; and, a transmission medium for coupling the process unit, input/output control unit and storage with each other. In the loosely coupled multiprocessor computer, a serial transmission medium is employed as the transmission medium. A transmission control unit for performing both a conversion process between data to be transmitted, flowing through the serial transmission medium and the processed data, and also a transmission/reception process of the data to be transmitted via the serial transmission medium, is provided with the input/output control unit, storage and process unit. A unit process unit for controlling the input/output control unit, storage, and transmission control unit is provided with the input/output control unit and storage with the transmission control unit. 
Hitachi, Ltd.
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H04L
inventional
Masuyuki Katsumi Kinji Hitoshi Shoji Hiroshi Masayuki
Takeuchi Kawano Mori Suzuki Iwamoto Fujise Orimo