Multiprocessor system and boot-up method of slave system
AssigneeNEC Electronics Corporation
InventorsMariko Uemura, Kei Suda
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Abstract
To provide a multiprocessor system and a boot-up method of a slave system, which can reduce the number of components with simple configuration. A multiprocessor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a master system, and a slave system connected with the master system through an interprocessor communication interface. The master system includes a program ROM storing a boot program for the slave system. The slave system includes a loader downloading the boot program stored in the program ROM through the interprocessor communication interface.
Claims8
A multiprocessor system, comprising:
- a master system;
- and
- a slave system connected with the master system through an interprocessor communication interface,
- the master system including a program memory storing a boot program for the slave system, and
- the slave system including a loader downloading the boot program stored in the program memory through the interprocessor communication interface.
A boot-up method of a slave system that is connected with a master system through an interprocessor communication interface, comprising:
- transferring a boot program for the slave system from the master system to the slave system through the interprocessor communication interface;
- storing the transferred boot program in a program-executing memory in the slave system;
- and
- booting up the slave system in accordance with the boot program stored in the program-executing memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.