Computer system bus bridge

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2005-02-24

2008-12-23

Rinehart, Mark (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Intrasystem connection

Bus interface architecture

C710S015000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07469312

ABSTRACT:
A method for bridging between a high speed computer processor bus and a high speed output bus. The preferred embodiment is a method for bridging between a GPUL bus for a GPUL PowerPC microprocessor from International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and an output high speed interface (MPI).

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