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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A. Bennett, Roseville, CA (US);
David Sastry, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for operating a hot plug system. A first device may determine whether the system is to operate in one of a parallel mode or a serial mode. A second device may control a mode of the chipset based on the determination of the first device. The second device may include logic, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, a first converter and a second converter all provided on the chipset.