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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:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Hao-lin Lin, Taipei, TW;
Hsiao-fung Chou, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Hao-Lin Lin, Taipei, TW;
Hsiao-Fung Chou, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Via Technologies, Inc., Hsin-Tien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of a computer system comprises a south-bridge. The south-bridge comprises a controller including a buffer for communicating with electronic devices. When detecting that a Reset# signal is asserted, the buffer is set to a Hi-Impedance state to separate the controller from the electronic device. The Reset# signal indicates a full system reset.