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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David I Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
Nima Homayoun, Sant Clara, CA (US);
Sung Soo Cho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713320 ; 713324 ; 710129 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for indicating when a device in a computer system is communicating with memory. Information is communicated between the device and memory in a manner that bypasses a bus. A side-band signal that indicates that this communication is transpiring is sent to a second device connected to the second bus. In response to this side-band signal, a bit in a register of the second device is set to a value that is then communicated by way of the second bus.