Patent ID: 6789146
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A circuit board for a computer system comprising:a wiring board having electronic components mounted thereon which are electronically interconnected and which cooperate to form at least a part of a computer system, said electronic components comprising a microprocessor, memory circuits, input/output ports, and a bus and circuit structure which form an accelerated graphics, port (AGP) circuit architecture; at least one video output terminal; a video controller integrated circuit socket mounted on said wiring board, said socket being adapted to receive a single-chip plug-in video controller integrated circuit having embedded video memory, said socket having terminals for supplying signals to and receiving signals from a single-chip plug-in AGP compliant video controller integrated circuit, said terminals including power supply terminals for separately supplying power from said wiring board to different electronic circuit portions of a single-chip plug-in AGP compliant video controller integrate circuit; said socket being electrically interconnected on said board to allow exchange of information between a single-chip plug-in video controller mounted therein and one or more of said electronic components and said video output terminal.