Intel Corporation

Howard A Wilson

Vivek K De

Siva G Narendra

Donald S Gardner

Tanay Karnik

Gerhard Schrom

Shekhar Yeshwant Borkar

Peter Hazucha

Nitin Y Borkar

Sriram R Vangal

James W Tschantz

James W Tschanz

Greg Dermer

David J Nedwek

Steve Nugent

An integrated circuit (IC) package is disclosed. The IC package includes a first die; and a second die bonded to the CPU die in a three dimensional packaging layout.

Power management integrated circuit

An apparatus for driver power and size selection includes in one embodiment a controller for controlling the enabling and disabling of legs in a legged driver, the legged driver providing only that amount of power necessary to transfer a data packet from its current location to its destination location. A method of forwarding data packets includes determining the distance between a current location of a data packet and the destination location of the data packet, and enabling as many legs of a legged driver as are necessary to power the transfer of the data packet to its destination.

Method and apparatus for driving data packets

A central processing unit (CPU) is disclosed. The CPU includes a CPU die; and a voltage regulator die bonded to the CPU die in a three dimensional packaging layout.

CPU power delivery system

A central processing unit (CPU) is disclosed. The CPU includes a CPU die; and a power management die bonded to the CPU die in a three dimensional packaging layout.

A method for configuring a plurality of configurable components within a computer system. The method includes the step of asserting a RESET signal for all of the configurable components. The RESET signal is asserted by a diagnostic processor within the system. The components each respond with an ERROR # signal which provides an indication to the diagnostic processor that the component is in an inactive state. After a predetermined number of clock signals the diagnostic processor configures a first component, then a second component and so forth and so on, until all of the components are configured. After all of the components are configured, the diagnostic processor deasserts the RESET signal for the first component, then deasserts the RESET signal for the second component and so forth and so on, until all of the RESET signals have been deasserted. Each component deasserts the ERROR # signal upon the deassertion of the RESET signal. The diagnostic processor allows normal operation to occur upon the deassertion of all the ERROR # signals.

Method for initializing an array of configurable components

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Howard A Wilson