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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shahzad I Baqai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert W Leung, Freemont, CA (US);
Michael A Schmitt, Freemont, CA (US);
Suheil J Zaatri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 364D / ; 364D / ; 364228 ; 364230 ; 3642328 ; 3649278 ; 3649256 ; 3649294 ; 3649295 ; 3649314 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for upgrading a microprocessor-based computer processing systems is disclosed. This method and apparatus provides for normal operation of a non-upgraded microprocessor-based computer processing system yet once upgraded the computer processing system operates from the upgraded microprocessor while the non-upgraded microprocessor is disabled.