Question

Which of the following is an incorporated function to resolve interprocessor communication problems?

(a) bus allotment and control

(b) bus arbitration

(c) priority resolving

(d) all of the mentioned

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This interesting question is from Bus Arbitration and Control topic in section Multimicroprocessor Systems of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) all of the mentioned

To explain: To resolve the various bus contention and interprocessor communication problems, different hardware strategies and algorithms are worked out. These incorporated functions like bus allotment and control, bus arbitration and priority resolving into them.