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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. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
R Scott Tetrick, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575006 ; 3642731 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A power down control mechanism for multiprocessor computer systems. A power down register is maintained for providing a power down control signal to the multiple processing units in the multiprocessing system. Individual processing units can be selectively onlined or offlined as needed. In addition, during system initialization, the power down mechanism of the present invention can be used for onlining additional processors and also used for preventing faulty processors from attempting to become the system's boot system processor.