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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas Kunjan, Dresden, DE;
Joerg Winkler, Ullersdorf, DE;
Frank Barth, Radebeul, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit chip, particularly a southbridge, is provided that has a first and a second circuit unit. Each circuit unit can send requests to the other one and send back a response when receiving a request that requires a response. The first circuit unit is connected to the second circuit unit to send to the second circuit unit request data relating to a request to be sent by the first circuit unit and response data relating to a response to be sent by the first circuit unit over a shared signal line.