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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Charles W. Frank, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas D. Hanan, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Wally Szeremeta, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Western Digital Ventures, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is an integrated computer module (ICM) for connection to a host connector means in a host assembly that has a DC voltage supply and that is connected to or contains a display. The ICM uniquely includes an EMI enclosure, a fan, a computing subsystem, and a module connector. In more detail, the computing subsystem includes a microprocessor, a hard disk drive for storing an operating system, a main memory array, a video memory array for storing digital display descriptor data in a video memory array; and a video controller for converting the digital display descriptor data to a time-based display data stream suitable for driving the display. The host connector, moreover, includes first conductors for coupling the time-based display data stream to the display via the host connector means; second conductors for receiving the DC voltage from the DC voltage supply in the host assembly via the host connector means to power the computing subsystem; and third conductors for exchanging data with an I/O device via the host connector means.