Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Processing architecture – Microprocessor or multichip or multimodule processor having...
Patent
1996-11-27
2000-08-08
Follansbee, John A.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Processing architecture
Microprocessor or multichip or multimodule processor having...
710105, 710129, 361728, 438112, G06F 1516
Patent
active
061015938
ABSTRACT:
A multi-chip module and a chip set that comprises a plurality of the multi-chip modules. The multi-chip module includes a plurality of functional circuits provided on a substrate, the circuits defining a plurality of signal inputs and outputs. A plurality of pins are secured in a single row along the periphery of the substrate and are connected to the inputs and outputs. The pins include a set of 91 signal pins, two ground pins, and a power pin, the signal pins having a configuration complying in number and signal type with the IEEE-P996 Requirements to define an ISA bus. The multi-chip module includes a rectangular housing wherein the pins, in the form of gull wing pins, extend laterally from a peripherally extending wall. The ISA bus pins extend along one side and partially along adjacent sides of the rectangular module. The functional circuits of one embodiment of the module include a CPU, serial interfaces, a parallel interface, a hard drive interface, a floppy disk interface, a keyboard interface, and flash memory. Other multi-chip modules can include a PCMCIA interface, an Ethernet interface, or a display controller.
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Follansbee John A.
ZF Linux Devices, Inc.
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