Patent ID: 6112129
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06F,G10H

Abstract:
A computer system comprising:a baseboard having an input/output bus, an input/output bus slot, and an integrated audio block coupled to the input/output bus, said integrated audio block comprising (i) FM sound synthesis logic, (ii) audio support logic to support a wave-table audio upgrade, (iii) an upgrade port, and (iv) logic to process sound related bus transactions;a printed circuit board to couple to the input/output bus slot for power and ground support for components dispensed on the printed circuit board, said components including a wave-table audio upgrade block, said wave-table audio upgrade block comprising an audio port; andan audio connector to couple the upgrade port of the integrated audio block of the baseboard with the audio port of the wave-table audio upgrade block of the printed circuit board, said audio connector to facilitate transfer of commands for sound information sent from the integrated audio block to the wave-table audio upgrade block responsive to the sound related bus transactions being processed by the integrated audio block, and to transfer the corresponding sound information back from the wave-table audio upgrade block to the integrated audio block to upgrade sound capabilities of the integrated audio block.