Method for interfacing components of a computing system with a pair of unidirectional, point-to-point buses

• Main Authors: GRICE DONALD G, DALY, JR. GEORGE W, HELLER, JR. THOMAS K, TANKEH APPOLONIEL N, FIELDS, JR. JAMES S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.07.2009
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method of interfacing two components of a computing system is provided wherein the method includes providing a pair of unidirectional, point-to-point buses to transmit data between a master bus controller of the computing system and a slave bus controller of a processor unit of the computing syste...