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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002

Filed:

Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tahir Q. Sheikh, Fremont, CA (US);

Walter A. Wallach, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Electronics, Inc., Nampa, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
Abstract

A method of monitoring issuance of interrupt and transaction commands without involving central processor units of computer systems. The method employs a fabric controller to manage transaction commands among peer and host devices. The method employs an interrupt controller to manage interrupt commands issued by peer devices. With this method, congestion due to control and data traffic is minimized and a more efficient operation of central processor units is achieved.


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