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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Benjamin Andrew Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Maria Azua Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herman Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Benjamin Andrew Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Maria Azua Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herman Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for providing a processor to a computer system through a removable CPU module. The processor on the removable CPU module may be shared by multiple computer systems by inserting the module into different computer systems at different times. Upon insertion of the removable CPU module into the computer system, the computer system detects and identifies the module. The computer system may determine a compatibility between the processor and the operating system as well as an access address of the processor, an addressing mode of the processor, a data transfer mode of the processor, etc. The computer system then loads the operating system, informs the operating system of the processors attributes, and initiates execution of the operating system using the processor on the removable CPU module.