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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Trenton B. Henry, Austin, TX (US);
Henry Wurzburg, Austin, TX (US);
Richard C. Counts, Cedan Park, TX (US);
Christopher D. Sawran, Round Rock, TX (US);
Trenton B. Henry, Austin, TX (US);
Henry Wurzburg, Austin, TX (US);
Richard C. Counts, Cedan Park, TX (US);
Christopher D. Sawran, Round Rock, TX (US);
Standard Microsystems Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Abstract
An interface chip is disclosed. In one embodiment, an interface chip includes a processor coupled to an internal data bus and an internal address bus. A plurality of interfaces, including at least on serial interface and at least one parallel interface are also coupled to the processor via the internal address bus and the internal data bus. The interface chip also includes data movement circuitry, wherein the data movement circuitry is configured for transmitting data between a first of the plurality of interfaces and a second of the plurality of interfaces using time division multiplexing.