Intel Corporation

Steve Pawlowski

David J Harriman

Jasmin Ajanovic

Prashant Sethi

Jose Andy Vargas

Clifford D Hall

D Michael Bell

Randolph L Campbell

David W Archer

Doug Moran

An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented.

General input/output architecture, protocol and related methods to support legacy interrupts

A computer system includes a host processor coupled to a host bus. A bridge controller is coupled to the host bus and to a plurality of first buses. The computer system also includes one or more bus bridges, each coupled to the bridge controller via one or more of said first buses. Each bus bridge is connected to one or more second buses. Either the first buses or the second buses are each configurable in either an independent mode in which the bus operates independently, or a combined mode in which two or more of said first buses or said second buses are combined to create a single bus.

Scalable computer system

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Steve Pawlowski