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Method and apparatus for interfacing memory devices operating at different speeds to a computer system bus

US5721882A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 1997
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4243
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus which includes a state machine which tests the condition of the PCI bus, the condition of a target device on the bus, and then generates signal to accomplish the transfer which signals vary with the ability of the target device to transfer the data at particular rates.

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