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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition

by Lyla B. Das
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
665 pages
23h 2m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
MULTIPROCESSOR CONFIGURATIONS 457
13.1.2 | Loosely Coupled Systems
Loosely coupled con gurations are relatively large.  ey may have a number of independent
modular systems, each with local sources and independent existence, while being connected to
similar or diff erent modules through a global bus, through which global memory and I/O can be
accessed. Each of the modules may be tightly coupled multiprocessor systems themselves or just
single processor systems, or even just a processor having access to only global resources.  ese
modules may be installed in a single cabinet or may be quite some distance apart. Figure 13.2
shows a loosely ...
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