Patent ID: 6915335
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for transferring control and data information between a host and daughtercard, with the daughtercard providing the functionality of interfacing the host to a network, and with the daughtercard including memory, and with the daughtercard for processing and formatting network data received from the network and processing and formatting data received from the host prior to transmission on the network, said system comprising: a low-speed, legacy parallel bus for coupling the host with legacy daughtercards utilizing only a parallel interface to exchange information between the motherboard and legacy daughtercard and with the low-speed, legacy parallel interface utilized to perform low-bandwidth data exchanges between the motherboard and a non-legacy daughtercard coupled the low-speed, legacy parallel bus; a high bandwidth serial link coupling the host and non-legacy daughtercard; on the host: on the non-legacy daughtercard: