Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Memory configuring
Patent
1996-12-09
1998-11-10
Chan, Eddie P.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Memory configuring
711211, 395307, G06F 1204, G06F 1340
Patent
active
058359605
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for providing a conversion technique to allow an eight bit ROM BIOS to be read on a 32 bit PCI bus. A separate address port for the ROM BIOS is provided which is not connected to the PCI bus. The conversion bus takes data from the ROM BIOS at a separate data port, assembles four cycles of eight bits in a 32 bit fashion and delivers that data to the PCI bus. When the PCI bus requests 4 bytes, the system of the present invention assembles 4 bytes from the 8 bit data and transmits that data to the PCI bus as a 32 bit quantity.
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Trident TVGA9000 Technical Reference Manual.
Hashemi Vahid R.
Keene David
Bell Robert P.
Chan Eddie P.
Cirrus Logic Inc.
Ellis Kevin L.
Shaw Steven A.
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