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Mobility Electronics, Inc.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Charles Mollo

Frank W Ahern

Jeff Doss

Desi Rhoden

Ejaz Afzal

Doss Jeff

A computing module includes an interface to asynchronously, serially exchange parallel system bus data with one or more other modules of a computer system that includes the computing module. The computing module can asynchronously, serially transfer first parallel bus data to another module of the computer system, and can asynchronously, serially receive second parallel bus data from another module of the computer system.

Computing module with serial data connectivity

An improved extended cardbus/PC card controller () incorporating proprietary Split-Bridge&#x2122; high speed serial communication technology for interconnecting a conventional parallel system bus via a high speed serial link with a remote peripheral device. The extend cardbus/PC card controller is adapted to interface the parallel system bus, which may be PCI, PCMCIA, integrated, or some other parallel I/O bus architecture, with peripheral devices via PC cards, and now optionally via a high speed serial link using the proprietary serial Split-Bridge&#x2122; technology. The serial Split-Bridge&#x2122; technology provides real time interconnection between the parallel system bus and the remote device which may also be based on a parallel system data bus architecture, over a serial link, which serial link appears to be transparent between the buses and thus facilitates high speed data transfer exceeding data rates of 1.0 GigaHertz.

Extended cardbus/PC card controller with split-bridge technology

A modular computer system () including a universal connectivity station (UCS) () interconnected to a plurality of remote modules () via a plurality of respective high speed serial links () such as based on proprietary Split-Bridge&#x2122; technology. The plurality modules, including a processor module () which may include core parts including a CPU, memory, AGP Graphics, and system bus interface may be remotely located from each of the other modules, including the UCS (). The present invention achieves technical advantages wherein each module of the modular computer system () appear to each device to be interconnected to the other on a parallel bus since the high speed serial links appear transparent. Preferably, although not necessary, each of the modules including the UCSare based on the PCI bus architecture, or the PCMCIA bus architecture, although other bus architectures are well suited to be incorporated using the present invention. The processor module can be upgraded to change or improve the performance of the modular computer systemwithout requiring any changes to the remaining system, thus drastically improving the price to performance trade-offs of the system. Moreover, the operating system (OS) of each module, including both the software and hardware, do not need to be changed as the entire modular system () is based on a common architecture, such as the PCI or Cardbus bus architecture.

Modular computer system

A power converter reducing a maximum available output power during extreme operating temperature conditions. The output power is adapted to be reduced during higher operating temperatures to maintain the power converter housing within acceptable operating temperatures. The power converter may then increase the available operating power as the converter housing temperature is reduced such that an acceptable output power is available during higher operating temperatures, rather than simply turning off the power converter during the excessive temperature condition.

Power converter having temperature compensated output power

An improved extended cardbus/PC card controller ( ) incorporating proprietary Split-Bridge&trade; high speed serial communication technology for interconnecting a conventional parallel system bus via a high speed serial link with a remote peripheral device. The extend cardbus/PC card controller is adapted to interface the parallel system bus, which may be PCI, PCMCIA, integrated, or some other parallel I/O bus architecture, with peripheral devices via PC cards, and now optionally via a high speed serial link using the proprietary serial Split-Bridge&trade; technology. The serial Split-Bridge&trade; technology provides real time interconnection between the parallel system bus and the remote device which may also be based on a parallel system data bus architecture, over a serial link, which serial link appears to be transparent between the buses and thus facilitates high speed data transfer exceeding data rates of 1.0 GigaHertz.

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Charles Mollo