Upgrading the microprocessor of a computer system without removal by placing a second microprocessor in an upgrade socket
US5410726A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4063
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for upgrading a microprocessor-based computer processing systems is disclosed. This method and apparatus provides for normal operation of a non-upgraded microprocessor-based computer processing system yet once upgraded the computer processing system operates from the upgraded microprocessor while the non-upgraded microprocessor is disabled.
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