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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
René Röllig, Frankenberg, DE;
Andreas Abt, Dresden, DE;
Frank Schücke, Dresden, DE;
Bernd Schönfelder, Weinböhla, DE;
Daniel Schöne, Dresden, DE;
Gert Springer, Dresden, DD;
René Röllig, Frankenberg, DE;
Andreas Abt, Dresden, DE;
Frank Schücke, Dresden, DE;
Bernd Schönfelder, Weinböhla, DE;
Daniel Schöne, Dresden, DE;
Gert Springer, Dresden, DD;
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An SMBus message handler, an integrated circuit and a method for controlling an SMBus are disclosed which identifies starting address of a program being stored in a memory. Instructions of the program are fetched one after another into a finite-state machine which controls the data transfer between an SMBus interface and a register set in compliance with the instruction present in the finite-state machine. Further, an SMBus test device and a method for controlling a testing system are described which check as to whether a key is input from a second interface. Upon inputting of a key it is mapped to a sequence of instructions for controlling devices connected to the SMBus or transferring data or receiving data from the devices connected to the SMBus.