MULTIPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE WITH HIERARCHICAL PROCESSOR ORGANIZATION - Patent 2069958

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EP 2 069 958 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.05.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(21)	Application number: 07811051.7

(22)	Date of filing: 03.08.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 15/80^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/017347

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/021024 (21.02.2008 Gazette 2008/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

13.08.2006 US 822247 P

(71)	Applicant: Mentor Graphics Corporation
	Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DUDAU, Dragos Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 (US) MILOSLAVSKY, Eugene Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 (US) COBB, Nicolas Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 (US)

(74)	Representative: Samuels, Adrian James
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

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