Intel Corporation

Kevin Southern

Richard Paul Mangold

James E Akiyama

Daniel J Ragland

Dmitriy Berchanskiy

Venkataramani Gopalakrishnan

Jose A Meza Arellano

Christopher E Saleski

Chun L Yi

Pranava Y Alekal

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a ThunderBolt (TBT) input/output (I/O) controller apparatus. The TBT I/O controller apparatus can include an output port to receive a connection to a display device; a multiplexer coupled to the output port; a first input port coupled to the multiplexer; a second input port coupled to the multiplexer; a memory element to store graphics preference data; and TBT firmware (FW). The TBT FW can detect a connected device at the input port; determine a graphics processor for the connected device based on the graphics preference data; and logically connect the connected device to one of the first input port or the second input port through the multiplexer based on the determined graphics processor.

Method, apparatus, system for thunderbolt-based display topology for dual graphics systems

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Kevin Southern