Single socket upgradeable computer motherboard with automatic detection and socket reconfiguration for inserted CPU chip
US5551012A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/7832
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An upgradeable/downgradeable computer system is made capable of being driven by more than one model of central processing units, including at least one socket means capable of being plugged with different model of central processing units, an identifying circuit capable of identifying the model of the central processing unit in the socket means and generating an identifying signal, a clock generator responsive to the identifying signal for generating a clock signal acceptable to the model of the central processing unit in the socket means, and a means responsive to the identifying signal for gating and inhibiting a plurality of input/output signals of the central processing unit in the socket means.
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