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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Via Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Chih-Long Ho, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-Te Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Wen-Hao Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Yu Wu, New Taipei, TW;
Chun-Heng Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Po-Ming Huang, New Taipei, TW;
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A hub device and corresponding method include a first chip having at least a first upstream port and a plurality of first downstream ports, a second chip, having at least a second upstream port and at least one second downstream port; and an external memory device, storing firmware data corresponding to the first chip and the second chip. One one of the first downstream ports of the first chip is coupled to the second upstream port of the second chip to form a tiered hub, and the first chip and the second chip are sequentially enabled and the first chip and the second chip sequentially load the corresponding firmware data.