Virtualization of computer system interconnects

   
   

A virtual input/output (I/O) interconnect mechanism, and a corresponding method, for use in a computer system having a plurality of I/O devices and a plurality of processing units, where I/O devices and processing units are coupled by one or more bridge units, includes an address decode block having a multiplexer that multiplexes inputs to produce an address, where the address relates to a transaction related to a processor unit, a range register decoder that receives the address and provides a destination address of a module to receive the transaction related to the address, and a reroute module identification block that receives the destination address. The reroute module identification block, includes an original module identification that provides an address of one or more original modules in the computer system, and a remapped module identification that provides logical destination module identifications of substitute modules in the computer system, where a substitute module replaces functions of an original module in the computer system.

 
Web www.patentalert.com

< Method of regulating a flow of data in a communication system and apparatus therefor

< Remote memory processor architecture

> Decoding apparatus and decoding method

> Multimedia coordination system

~ 00149