Decentralized peripheral control and power management system
CA 2213715 A1 · Owner: Beard, Paul · Inventors: Beard, Paul
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A method and apparatus for decentralized peripheral management is described. The invention may be utilized in a portable electronic computer having a centralprocessor a system clock, and a system bus in which a self-managed peripheral subsystem comprises a peripheral device a peripheral device controller, and a peripheral subsystem clock. The peripheral subsystem is self-managed and may operate independent of the central processor. Each self-managed peripheral subsystem mayfurther operate independent of the other peripheral subsystems.
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- Filed August 22, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 22, 2017.
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