Signal bridging using an unpopulated processor interconnect
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorJason R. Talbert
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Abstract
Signal bridging using an unpopulated processor interconnect, including: communicatively coupling an apparatus to a plurality of first signal paths between a bootstrap processor (BSP) and a processor interconnect of a circuit board; communicatively coupling the apparatus to a plurality of second signal paths between the processor interconnect and a peripheral interface of the circuit board; and communicatively coupling the BSP to the peripheral interface via one or more third signal paths in the apparatus.
Claims20
An apparatus for signal bridging comprising:
- a first connection point configured to communicatively couple a bootstrap processor and a processor interconnect;
- a second connection point configured to communicatively couple the processor interconnect and a peripheral interface;
- a first signal path configured to communicatively couple the first connection point to the second connection point;
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- a signal terminator coupled to a second signal path configured to communicatively couple to the bootstrap processor.
A circuit board for signal bridging, the circuit board comprising:
- a bootstrap processor;
- a peripheral interface;
- a processor interconnect;
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- an apparatus comprising:
- a first connection point configured to communicatively couple the bootstrap processor and the processor interconnect;
- a second connection point configured to communicatively couple the processor interconnect and the peripheral interface;
- a first signal path configured to communicatively couple the first connection point to the second connection point;
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- a signal terminator coupled to a second signal path configured to communicatively couple to the bootstrap processor.
A method of signal bridging, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling, using a first connection point of an apparatus, a bootstrap processor and a processor interconnect;
- communicatively coupling, using a second connection point of the apparatus the processor interconnect and a peripheral interface;
- communicatively coupling, using a first signal path of the apparatus, the first connection point to the second connection point;
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- communicatively coupling a signal terminator of the apparatus to a second signal path configured to communicatively couple to the bootstrap processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.