Intel Corporation

David Sastry

Joseph A Bennett

Zohar Bogin

Anoop Mukker

Tuong P Trieu

Surya Kareenahalli

A method and apparatus are provided for operating a hot plug system. A first device may determine whether the system is to operate in one of a parallel mode or a serial mode. A second device may control a mode of the chipset based on the determination of the first device. The second device may include logic, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, a first converter and a second converter all provided on the chipset.

Apparatus and method for converting parallel and serial PCI hot plug signals

Apparatus and method for parallel and serial PCI hot plug signals

A method to deterministically shut down memory devices in response to a system warm reset has been disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes causing a first type of reset in a number of memory devices in a system in response to a second type of reset in the system being initiated if the memory devices are not initialized and enabling a deterministic shutdown mode in a memory controller, which is coupled to the memory devices, after the memory devices have been initialized. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Deterministic shut down of memory devices in response to a system warm reset

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