High-speed internal wireless bus
First Claim
1. A method of connecting a first computing device with a second computing device on a wireless network, the first computing device having a first central processing unit, a first memory, and a first front-side bus that connects the first central processing unit to the first memory, the second computing device having a second central processing unit, a second memory, and a second front-side bus that connects the second central processing unit to the second memory, the method comprising:
- detecting at the first computing device the presence of the second computing device on the wireless network;
creating a wireless bridge between the first computing device and the second computing device, the wireless bridge including wireless interfaces forunder control of a first access controller of the first computing device, the first access controller being directly connected to the first front-side bus,receiving communications placed on the first front-side bus;
transmitting the received communications via the wireless network to the second computing device;
receiving communications transmitted via the wireless network from the second computing device; and
placing the received communications onto the first front-side bus; and
under control of a second access controller of the second computing device, the second access controller being directly connected to the second front-side bus,receiving communications transmitted via the wireless network from the first computing device;
placing the received communications onto the second front-side bus;
receiving communications placed on second front-side bus; and
transmitting the received communications via the wireless network to the first computing device; and
permitting access by the first computing device to critical resources of the second computing device by sending communications between the first computing device and the second computing device via the wireless bridge.
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Abstract
Multiple computing devices are connected together using a high-speed wireless link. The wireless link enables expansion of available resources to the host device, such as one or more of volatile memory resources, non-volatile memory resources, and additional processor resources.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of connecting a first computing device with a second computing device on a wireless network, the first computing device having a first central processing unit, a first memory, and a first front-side bus that connects the first central processing unit to the first memory, the second computing device having a second central processing unit, a second memory, and a second front-side bus that connects the second central processing unit to the second memory, the method comprising:
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detecting at the first computing device the presence of the second computing device on the wireless network; creating a wireless bridge between the first computing device and the second computing device, the wireless bridge including wireless interfaces for under control of a first access controller of the first computing device, the first access controller being directly connected to the first front-side bus, receiving communications placed on the first front-side bus; transmitting the received communications via the wireless network to the second computing device; receiving communications transmitted via the wireless network from the second computing device; and placing the received communications onto the first front-side bus; and under control of a second access controller of the second computing device, the second access controller being directly connected to the second front-side bus, receiving communications transmitted via the wireless network from the first computing device; placing the received communications onto the second front-side bus; receiving communications placed on second front-side bus; and transmitting the received communications via the wireless network to the first computing device; and permitting access by the first computing device to critical resources of the second computing device by sending communications between the first computing device and the second computing device via the wireless bridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable storage medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of connecting a first computing device with a second computing device on a wireless network, the instructions including instructions for:
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detecting at the first computing device the presence of the second computing device on the wireless network, the first computing device having a first front-side bus and the second computing device having a second front-side bus; creating a wireless bridge between the first computing device and the second computing device, the wireless bridge including wireless interfaces for; receiving communications placed on the first front-side bus and transmitting the received communications via the wireless network to be placed on the second front-side bus and for receiving via the wireless network communications placed on the second front-side bus and placing the received communications onto the front-side bus, wherein the first front-side bus of the first computing device is connected to an access controller for controlling communications placed onto the first front-side bus; permitting access by the first computing device to resources of the second computing device; and creating by the first computing device a single logical computing entity from the resources of the first computing device and the resources of the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile computing device comprising:
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a central processing unit; a first front-side bus coupling the central processing unit with a first front-side bus port of a NorthBridge; a wireless interface for receiving first communications placed on the first front-side bus and transmitting the received first communications via a wireless network to a second computing device for placement on a second front-side bus of the second computing device and for receiving second communications transmitted via the wireless network that were placed on the second front-side bus of the second computing device and placing the received second communications onto the first front-side bus, the second communications being responsive to the first communications; and a component that establishes a high-speed wireless communication link between the central processing unit and critical computing resources of the second computing device via the wireless network so that the first communications of the mobile computing device are processed by the second computing device and the second computing device responds to the first communications with the second communications. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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