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6145021 Method and system for managing resource allocation for plug and play devices by providing only the resources required to the devices before system initialization  
A method and system for managing resources required by peripheral devices present within a computer system, the resources selected from a group of resources required for audio, video, pointing...
6141712 Apparatus and method for modeling behavior of expansion boards in a computer system  
When an expansion card is installed in a computer system using a computer viewer, an object is created by the computer viewer to represent the card. The computer viewer uses the card object to...
6141703 Interrupt sharing system assigning each interrupt request signal to a select one of system interrupt signals based on characteristic data of each peripheral device  
A mechanism that automatically configures the manner in which interrupt signals are shared in order to avoid system failures and improves the system performance is herein disclosed. The mechanism...
6138196 Communication system for providing digital data transfer, electronic equipment for transferring data using the communication system, and an interface control device  
An electronic equipment for communications with other nodes via a serial bus interface. The electronic equipment has a plurality of functions, and stores a plurality piece of information...
6138195 Method and apparatus for hot-plugging circuit boards having low voltage logic parts into a higher voltage backplane  
A method and apparatus for hot-plugging circuit boards having lower voltage logic devices into a higher voltage backplane in a manner that minimizes overvoltage stress during system power-up, or...
6134621 Variable slot configuration for multi-speed bus  
A method and apparatus are provided in which a control scheme is implemented to enable a PCI bus to operate more than two PCI slots into which PCI devices may be installed. The PCI slots are...
6134616 Method and apparatus for dynamic re-enumeration and reconfiguration of computer devices after system hibernation  
A system component manages the system view of hardware for a set of devices, containing information about each hardware device including the device id, the location of the device, and the system...
6125418 Method and apparatus for enabling a computer user to convert a computer system to an intelligent I/O system  
A method and apparatus for enabling a computer user to implement intelligent input/output processing involves a connector adapted to receive interrupt request signals from input/output devices in a...
6122748 Control of computer system wake/sleep transitions  
A method to configure a device for remote management that is transparent to an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) operating system is described. The method includes configuring a...
6122689 Bus termination circuitry and methods for implementing the same  
Disclosed is a host adapter having automatic termination, and a method for implementing the automatic termination. The host adapter includes a first connector for connecting to at least one...
6122687 Multimedia computer system having multimedia bus  
A multimedia player system has a computer-based control center and stations of analog audio/video sources connected by and expandable through a multimedia bus. The bus structure is applicable to a...
6119192 Circuit and method for configuring a bus bridge using parameters from a supplemental parameter memory  
A circuit and method are provided for initializing configuration registers in a bus bridge controller so that peripheral devices can acquire functionality prior to initialization by a normal system...
6119191 Performing PCI access cycles through PCI bridge hub routing  
A method and implementing computer system is provided in which PCI CONFIG - - ADDRESS and CONFIG - - DATA conventions are maintained in a large computer system and each PCI Host Bridge (PHB) CONFIG...
6119186 Computer system with environmental manager for detecting and responding to changing environmental conditions  
A computer uses an environmental manager (20) to detect and respond to changing environmental conditions, in order to enhance and simplify a users interaction with the computer. Environment changes...
6119185 Computer system configuration apparatus and method that performs pre-assignment conflict analysis  
Self-configuring computer apparatus and method thereof. The computer apparatus preferably includes logic that determines the available system resources and those devices that desire access to those...
6115804 Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that permits multiple caches to concurrently hold data in a recent state from which data can be sourced by shared intervention  
A non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computer system includes first and second processing nodes that are each coupled to a node interconnect. The first processing node includes a system memory and...
6112258 Multi-cycle I/O ASIC communication system having an arbiter circuit capable of updating address table associated with each I/O ASIC on bus  
An arbiter circuit is employed to isolate a processor from a plurality of Input/Output Application Specific Integrated Circuits ("I/O ASICs"). The processor is coupled to the arbiter through a...
6112256 Method and apparatus for configuring the physical setup of multiple printers on a network  
A networked system having a host computer and multiple printers with bi-directional communications capabilities is provided in which the setup (configuration) of one printer can be easily...
6108764 Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system with multiple caches concurrently holding data in a recent state from which data can be sourced by shared intervention  
A non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computer system includes first and second processing nodes that are coupled together. The first processing node includes a system memory and first and second...
6108733 Method for extending the available number of configuration registers  
A method for expanding the number of configuration registers available in a computer system. Unused configuration registers that correspond to non-existent functions are used for other purposes....
6108731 Information processor and method of its component arrangement  
A plurality of processor elements (31 to 34) are disposed on a main board (710) in line in parallel with a first edge of the main substrate (710). Expansion board slots (331 to 336) into which an...
6105136 Computer system which is disabled when it is disconnected from a network  
Described is a computer system which is coupled to a remote computer via a data communication link. The computer system has a normally closed enclosure and is capable of securing data retained...
6105092 Computer system including a device with a plurality of identifiers  
A host computer is connected with a magnetic disk storage device by a SCSI bus. In the magnetic disk storage device, a plurality of partitions are set in a disk drive unit and have device...
6105077 Transmitting system with address polling for providing a control signal to open/close switch  
A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system; and a plurality of transmitting modules; connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from...
6101563 Configuration access system  
A methodology and implementing system are provided in which PCI system configuration data is made available to a host X86 system CPU through an intermediate PowerPC system. A bus converter circuit...
6098133 Secure bus arbiter interconnect arrangement  
An apparatus is provided to handle classes of data in computer systems that must not be permitted to intermingle due to their security classifications or criticality of their data content, as in...
6094065 Integrated circuit with field programmable and application specific logic areas  
A heterogeneous integrated circuit device comprising a field programmable gate array (FPGA) programmably connected to a mask-defined application specific logic area (ASLA) on an integrated circuit...
6092139 Passive backplane capable of being configured to a variable data path width corresponding to a data size of the pluggable CPU board  
A computer system includes a bus system having a local bus unit, a memory bus unit, an input/output bus unit, and an expansion bus unit. A pluggable central processing unit circuit board includes a...
6092135 System for reducing boot time by selectively executing a plug and play routine only after computer cases have been disassembled  
Disclosed is a computer system for reducing booting time. The computer system includes a sensor unit detecting whether a main body of the computer system is assembled or disassembled. The sensor...
6085269 Configurable expansion bus controller in a microprocessor-based system  
A host module (2) including a host CPU (10) and a configurable expansion bus controller (28, 28', 128) is disclosed. The expansion bus controller (28, 28', 128) is configurable by way of...
6081891 Video bios loading apparatus and a control method thereof  
A video BIOS loading apparatus and a control method thereof which eliminates the need of manually resetting a jumper when replacing an existing video card with a new video card. The video BOIS...
6076160 Hardware-based system for enabling data transfers between a CPU and chip set logic of a computer system on both edges of bus clock signal  
A hardware-based system for configuring a CPU and chip set logic of a computer system to allow data transfers on both the rising and falling edges of a bus clock signal. The CPU and chip set logic...
6073197 Apparatus for and method of communicating data among devices interconnected on a bus by using a signalling channel to set up communications  
An information communication system has a plurality of nodes connected by both an information transmission bus and a signalling channel. The information transmission bus is used to carry messages...
6070217 High density memory module with in-line bus switches being enabled in response to read/write selection state of connected RAM banks to improve data bus performance  
Data line loading on high density modules with multiple DRAMs is minimized permitting the maximum memory density of systems of otherwise limited density to be increased without an ensuing...
6070209 Delivering transactions between data buses in a computer system  
A bridge device for delivering data transactions between devices on two data buses in a computer system includes, for each pair of devices that may transact across the bridge device, a dedicated...
6070208 Apparatus and method for implementing a versatile USB endpoint pipe  
An apparatus for and method of controlling a versatile USB endpoint pipe are disclosed. The USB endpoint pipe can be in various states which are determined by control commands. The control commands...
6067611 Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that buffers potential third node transactions to decrease communication latency  
A non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computer system includes an interconnect to which multiple processing nodes (including first, second, and third processing nodes) are coupled. Each of the first,...
6067603 Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that speculatively issues requests on a node interconnect  
A computer system includes a node interconnect to which at least a first processing node and a second processing node are coupled. The first and the second processing nodes each include a local...
6067592 System having a synchronous memory device  
A system for use in a computer, the system comprises a memory device and a controller or master to generate a request to provide data. The memory device includes at least one section of memory,...
6065081 Administrator controlled architecture for disabling add-in card slots  
A system and method for disabling add-in card slots (e.g. PCI or ISA) in a computer system. The slots may be enabled or disabled, according to the preferred embodiment, only after the user has...
6065067 System, method and program for controlling access to an input/output device possible resource settings data in an advanced configuration and power interface operating system  
During start-up of an advanced configuration and power interface computer system, a resource lock value is read from nonvolatile memory. If the resource lock value indicates system resources are to...
6061746 Device bay system without 1394 PHY/Link interface to device bay controller having a software intercepting a GUID query and returning a stored unique identifier  
A method for supporting a USB-based Device Bay Controller without a hardware interface between the DBC and the 1394 bus, by intercepting 1394 GUID queries in software and returning a stored GUID...
6058454 Method and system for automatically configuring redundant arrays of disk memory devices  
A method and system for autoconfiguring redundant arrays of memory storage devices contained within receptacles having one or more slots containing hardware sufficient to accept and electrically...
6058446 Network terminal equipment capable of accommodating plurality of communication control units  
A LAN terminal equipment comprises a plurality of slots, each capable of accommodating a LAN control board, at least one ROM socket capable of holding a MAC ROM, and an input/output control unit....
6055596 Expansion card space reservation  
A method for use in a computer system having buses identifiable by bus identifiers and having an expansion card slot capable of being connected to one of the buses and capable of receiving an...
6055595 Apparatus and method for starting and terminating an application program  
A utility program previously registers card/program registration information indicating a correspondence relation between the names of various cards and file names of various application programs...
6049870 System and method for identifying and configuring modules within a digital electronic device  
A system and method for identifying and configuring modules within a digital electronic device comprises a coordinator device coupled to the electronic device, functional modules coupled to the...
6049844 Microprocessor having a PC card type interface  
A microprocessor comprising a bus state controller and for use in a personal computer or the like. The bus state controller includes control registers such as wait controllers, and in parallel...
6044426 Memory system having memory devices each including a programmable internal register  
A memory system having a plurality of memory devices, each having at least one memory array which includes a plurality of memory cells. The memory system comprises a bus, a controller, a first...
6044425 Information processing system for selectively connecting multiple types of extension devices to connection ports  
An information processing system comprises a system controller which has connection ports for connecting expansion devices and performs various arithmetic computations and general control of the...
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