Notebook/desktop docking system allowing both peripheral sharing and parallel processing
US6473789B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4278
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer coupling device is provided for coupling together two computer systems, such as a notebook computer and a desktop computer, to allow each computer to share the system resources of the other computer and to allow the two computer systems to perform dual-CPU parallel processing. When the notebook computer wants to gain access to the system resources of the desktop computer, the computer coupling device connects the host bus and the PCI bus of the notebook computer respectively to the host bus and the PCI bus of the desktop computer. Alternatively, when parallel processing is required, the computer coupling device connects the CPU of the notebook computer to the CPU of the desktop computer to allow the two CPUs to exchange data during dual-CPU parallel processing.
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