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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
May. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas H Holman, Jr, Austin, TX (US);
David R Lunsford, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395750 ; 3642292 ; 3642404 ; 364273 ; 364269 ; 3642707 ; 3642712 ; 3649484 ; 364D / ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A computer system includes a first processor, a second processor, a bus shared by the first processor and the second processor, and a power on reset coordination means for the first processor and the second processor. The power on reset coordination means includes means for resetting the first processor and the second processor, and means for deasserting reset to the first processor and second processor sequentially. It should be noted that in embodiments of the present invention, some 'other' processor must be 'up' in order to reset the 'first' processor or to deassert reset to it.