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Autonomously controlling a buffer of a processor

US10241556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Vinu K. Elias · Austin, US
Sundar Ramani · Bengaluru, IN
Arvind Tomar · Folsom, US
Jianjun Liu · Aurora, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2013
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2207/105
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an input/output (I/O) buffer to couple a logic unit to another device coupled via a pad, and a logic coupled to the I/O buffer to detect a value on the pad and to control the I/O buffer to provide the value to the pad, responsive to entry into an architectural state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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