Device sharing

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2005-12-01

2009-11-03

Rinehart, Mark (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Intrasystem connection

Bus interface architecture

C710S306000, C710S316000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07613864

ABSTRACT:
An interconnect apparatus, for example a switch, supports PCI-Express. The apparatus has a first plurality of ports configurable as upstream ports, each connectable to a respective host, and at least one port configurable as a downstream port connectable to a device. The apparatus is operable to support sharing of the device resources between hosts.

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Ravi Budruk, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley: “PCI Express System Architecture”, 2004, pp. 729-730, Mindshare, XP002398437, ISBN: 0-321-15630-7.

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