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What are different multiprocessor configurations? Explain Closely Coupled -- Configuration?
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written 9.4 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Multiprocessor systems refer to the use of multiple processors that execute instructions simultaneously and communicate using mailboxes and semaphores. Maximum mode of 8086 is designed to implement 3 basic multiprocessor configurations:

  1. Co-processor (8087)
  2. Closely coupled (dedicated I/O processor: 8089)
  3. Loosely coupled (Multi-bus)
  4. Co-processors and closely coupled configurations are similar - …

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