Computer system with a processor-direct universal bus connector and interchangeable bus translator
US5440755A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 6, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/409
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A universal processor-direct bus structure on a specifically partitioned motherboard uses a separate local bus translator card to adapt to a specific local bus protocol and configuration. The processor-direct bus on the motherboard contains a superset of all of the primary signals required to implement any desired local bus structure. The translator card incorporates the connectors and bus translation protocol for a specific local bus structure on a separate card which is connected to the partitioned motherboard through the universal processor-direct bus. Thus, the universal processor-direct bus combined with the translator card makes it possible to have a standard bus (for example an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, EISA bus, MCA bus, PCI bus, C-bus, S-100 bus and/or other buses) mounted directly on the motherboard with one or more of the same standard buses or a different local bus interfaced to the motherboard through the universal processor-direct bus. This unique combination of a motherboard having a universal processor-direct bus with plug in local bus translator cards provides a unique, low cost, flexible solution to the problem of standard and local bus obsolescenc…
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