Multiprocessor computer system with process execution allocated by process managers in a ring configuration

A computer system according to clain 8, wherein the communication between the processing elements is performed by a message communication using a packet as a medium which comprises a desired processed content, transmitter and receiver element descriptors for the processed content, and data;

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• the respective processing elements between which the buffer memory is interposed are programamed so as to most preferentially execute a process which refers to the content of packets loaded in the buffer memory.

A computer system comprising a first computer unit which includes:

• a plurality of network processing elements each including a first communication processor, a second communication processor, a main processor, and a process memory.
• wherein the processing elements are connected in a ring configuration such that the ring is formed of channel segments connected only by the first and second communication processors, and wherein the first and second communication processors of each processing element are for independently controlling communication with two adjacent processing elements, and
• wherein at least two of the processing elements are process managers which allocate execution of processes to other processing elements, and wherein the process memory of each process manager is sub-divided into a plurality of memory areas called process frames for storing and executing processes under the control of the main processor of the respective process manager.