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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Frank P. Helms, Tokyo, JP;
Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, TX (US);
Scott E. Swanstrom, West Linn, OR (US);
Ross Voigt Lafetra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank P. Helms, Tokyo, JP;
Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, TX (US);
Scott E. Swanstrom, West Linn, OR (US);
Ross Voigt LaFetra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A serial communication system includes an integrated circuit having a master serial interface; and a processor having a slave serial interface coupled to the master serial interface through a clock signal line and a data signal line. The slave serial interface is responsive to a read temperature command issued by the master serial interface to return a first temperature value associated with the processor.