Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique for communicating interrupts in a computer system
- Patent Title (中): 在计算机系统中通信中断的技术
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Application No.: US12290208Application Date: 2008-10-28
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Publication No.: US08103816B2Publication Date: 2012-01-24
- Inventor: Keshavan Tiruvallur , Rajesh Parthasarathy , James B. Crossland , Shivnanda Kaushik , Luke Hood
- Applicant: Keshavan Tiruvallur , Rajesh Parthasarathy , James B. Crossland , Shivnanda Kaushik , Luke Hood
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Mnemoglyphics, LLC
- Agent Lawrence M. Mennemeier
- Main IPC: G06F13/24
- IPC: G06F13/24 ; G06F13/26

Abstract:
A technique to enable efficient interrupt communication within a computer system. In one embodiment, an advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC) is interfaced via a set of of bits within an APIC interface register using various interface instructions or operations, without using memory-mapped input/output (MMIO).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100106875A1 Technique for communicating interrupts in a computer system Public/Granted day:2010-04-29
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