Patent ID: 6023754
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Apparatus for selectively connecting busses within a first plurality of busses with busses within a second plurality of busses, comprising:a first plurality of bus multiplexers including a bus multiplexer corresponding to each bus within said second plurality of busses, each one of said first plurality of bus multiplexers having an output connected to said bus multiplexer's corresponding bus and having a plurality of inputs corresponding to each bus within said first plurality of busses, each one of said inputs being connected to said input's corresponding bus; anda parity generation circuit having an output and a plurality of inputs corresponding to each bus within said first plurality of busses, each one of said parity generation circuit inputs being connected to said one of said parity generation circuit input's corresponding bus; andwherein each one of said first plurality of bus multiplexers has an additional input connected to the output of said parity generation circuit.