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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Paul Kurt Wheeler, Allentown, PA (US);
Andrew Lawrence Webb, Hamilton, NJ (US);
William G. Burroughs, Macungie, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A serial interface unit having an input shift register adapted to receive a serial input data from a serial data stream, and a destination request module. The input shift register converting the serial input data into a parallel input data. The input shift register in communication with at least two processors and the destination request module. The destination request module in communication with one of the at least two processors in response to an input shift register status signal and a processor designation signal, the selected processor adapted to receive the parallel input data.