Computer chip set having on board wireless on board wireless interfaces to support parallel communication
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsJames Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for an embedded wireless interface that is embedded in, for example, one of an input and output controller device for controlling input and output communications with off-board devices, within a memory controller device and a processor motherboard. The embedded wireless interface may be utilized as a wireless test access point to provide signal stimulations for test purposes or to monitor communications over a specified wired communication link.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- a processor motherboard including a processor for controlling operations and prompting communications within the computer system;
- a memory controller device coupled to the processor motherboard for controlling access to memory and operable to communicate on a PCI bus within the computer system;
- an input and output controller device for controlling input and output communications with off-board devices, the input and output controller device operable to communicate on the PCI bus with the memory controller device wherein the PCI bus provides a primary communication link between the memory controller device and the input and output controller device;
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- a plurality of wireless interface devices forming a wireless communication link in at least two of the processor motherboard, the memory controller device and the input and output controller device wherein the alternate wireless communication link is operable as an alternate link to a primary wired communication link.
A method to integrate computer system components, comprising:
- creating an alternate wireless connection between embedded wireless interfaces within a plurality of integrated circuits;
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- operably coupling at least two of the integrated circuits with a wireless communication pathway and a wired communication pathway.
A remote data acquisition device operable to wirelessly access computer system management data through an emulated device, wherein the remote data acquisition device comprises:
- a processing module wherein firmware within the processing module represents the emulated device;
- a first wireless tranceiver operable to wirelessly couple to a second wireless transceiver, wherein the second wireless transceiver is operably coupled to the computer system;
- a multi-function integrated circuit, wherein the multi-function integrated circuit further comprises:
- a floppy disk drive (FDD) interface operably coupled to a Bus Management Controller (BMC);
- an FDD controller;
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- server management hardware operable to write server management data to an emulated FDD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.