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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Bormann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frank Hart, Apex, NC (US);
Rudi Rughoonundon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating direct access to computer resources by a peripheral device while the computer's CPU is in a sleeping state. A peripheral device having a circuit to detect the power management state of a central processor, a first interface to couple the device to the central processor if the circuit detects the first power management state, and a second interface to couple the device to a peripheral device if the circuit detects the second power management state.