Processor that indicates system bus ownership in an upgradable multiprocessor computer system
US5931930A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system is disclosed having a processor with a type input pin that indicates whether the processor is coupled as an OEM processor a single processor or a dual processor computer system or as an upgrade processor in the dual processor computer system. The processor includes an upgrade/OEM output pin coupled to transfer an upgrade/OEM signal over a system bus if the type input pin indicates the OEM processor. The upgrade/OEM signal indicates whether the OEM processor or the upgrade processor is a bus owner of the system bus.
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