Patent ID: RE40317

Claim:
A computer system comprising a first component operated in response to timing of a first clock, means for storing information, means for transferring information from the first component to the means for storing information always utilizing the first clock without synchronization to another clock, a second component operated in response to timing of a second clock, the timing of the first clock being independent of the timing of the second clock, means for utilizing the second clock to transfer information without synchronization with the first clock from the means for storing information without transferring other data information into said means for storing information whereby the information may be immediately utilized by the second component without need for storage by the second component, said means for utilizing the second clock to transfer information without synchronization with the first clock from said means for storing information comprising means for transferring the information in said means for storing information to the second component under control of the second clock, said means for transferring the information in said means for storing information to the second component under control of the second clock includes means for switching the second clock to the terminals used by the first clock, said means for switching the second clock to the terminals used by the first clock includes a multiplexor, said multiplexor coupled to said first component and said second component, said multiplexor multiplexer receiving a signal from the second component for furnishing a second clock signal from said second clock to said buffer means for storing information to transfer data information to said second component.