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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stuart Auvinen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard Sowell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chips and Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395550 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for operating a system component in a microprocessor system. The component is operated by a component controller which runs off a clock having a frequency different than the system clock. The controller is synchronized with the system clock at the conclusion of a component access cycle. The state machine of the controller can thus operate independently of the system clock and timing options implemented by the controller need not have an even number of states.