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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Lawrence J. Madar, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark N. Fullerton, Austin, TX (US);
Bhupesh Kharwa, San Romon, CA (US);
Lawrence J. Madar, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark N. Fullerton, Austin, TX (US);
Bhupesh Kharwa, San Romon, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular integrated circuit includes a hub module that is coupled to a plurality of spoke modules via a plurality of hub interfaces. The spoke modules include a plurality of interface circuits each having a hardware address. A memory module stores the hub software and hub data and configuration data. The hub software includes a plurality of driver modules corresponding to the plurality of interface circuits. The processing module executes boot firmware to configure the plurality of driver modules based on the hardware address of each of the plurality of interface circuits.