Invention Grant
US07793024B2 Method for utilizing a PCI-Express bus to communicate between system chips
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利用PCI-Express总线在系统芯片之间通信的方法
- Patent Title: Method for utilizing a PCI-Express bus to communicate between system chips
- Patent Title (中): 利用PCI-Express总线在系统芯片之间通信的方法
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Application No.: US11455858Application Date: 2006-06-20
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Publication No.: US07793024B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Chang-Guang Lin , Chung-Hong Lai , You-Cheng Luo
- Applicant: Chang-Guang Lin , Chung-Hong Lai , You-Cheng Luo
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00

Abstract:
A method for command transmission between systems is introduced. The command transmission between the systems, such as a north bridge chip, a south bridge chip and a central processing unit (CPU), employs the signals transmission specified by a PCI Express bus originally for the communication between system chips or peripheral devices. The signals transmission includes an interrupt or a system management instruction specified by the PCI Express bus, which further defines the specific addresses of a memory packet and a system message packet. In the preferred embodiment, the method thereof comprises the steps of transmitting an INTA command first, then a second system chip upstreams an INTR/system-management command to a first system chip. After that, the first system chip downstreams an EOI/system-management command to the second system chip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070293984A1 Method for command transmission between systems Public/Granted day:2007-12-20
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