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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis Priem, Fremont, CA (US);
David S Rosenthal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395678 ;
Abstract
Hardware input/output control apparatus for use in a computer system which control apparatus is joined to a plurality of input/output devices, and includes circuitry which responds to commands from unprivileged application programs addressed to input/output devices joined to the hardware input/output apparatus for selecting a context to be placed on an addressed input/output device to function with an application program sending the command.