Local bus design
US5309568A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an IBM PC AT-compatible computer architecture, CPU-generated addresses and data for accesses to a peripheral device in the I/O address space are coupled directly to the peripheral device from the local bus, without traversing the I/O bus. Any data returned from the peripheral device is coupled directly to the local bus, also without traversing the I/O bus. No buffers are needed for communicating such address and data information between the peripheral device and the I/O bus.
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