A distributed shared memory multiprocessor system based on a unidirectional ring bus using a snooping scheme comprises a group of processor nodes and a ring bus. The processor nodes are arranged in the form of a ring and one of the processor nodes generates a request signal for a data block, the remaining...http://www.google.de/patents/US6253292?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6253292 - Distributed shared memory multiprocessor system based on a unidirectional ring bus using a snooping scheme