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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Vishal Anand, Fremont, CA (US);
Desi Rhoden, Phoenix, AZ (US);
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An optimized CPU-memory high bandwidth multibus structure simultaneously supporting design reusable blocks. A system in accordance with the present invention communicatively couples the internal components (e.g., CPU, memory, etc.) and peripheral devices (e.g., display, keyboard, etc.) of a computer system by dividing the components into two logical subdivisions. One subdivision includes the memory and CPU(s) of the computer system while the other subdivision includes the remaining components. In accordance with the present invention, each subdivision of components is interconnected to the other components of its subdivision by a bus scheme. Both subdivision bus schemes are interconnected by circuitry referred to as a bridge, which enables them to intercommunicate. As such, the components connected to the separate subdivision bus schemes are able to intercommunicate. By implementing the intercommunication of computer system components in this manner, a substantial part of the interconnection circuitry of the computer system is typically reusable when significant modifications are subsequently implemented within future related computer systems. Furthermore, this system in accordance with the present invention does not become overly complex and/or excessively large when significant modifications are later implemented.