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Coprocessor detection circuit

US5134713A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1989
Grant dateJul 28, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3877
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A latch circuit receiving the system reset signal and the error signal from a coprocessor provides an output indicating the presence of the coprocessor. The latch circuit provides the output for computer systems which cannot connect the coprocessor error signal to a coprocessor error input on the processor.

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