David Leo Frame

US Patent:

7010629, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Dec 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/470542

Inventors:

David W. Frame - Aloha OR, US
Christopher J. Banyai - Chandler AZ, US
Karl H. Mauritz - Chandler AZ, US
Albert R. Nelson - Olympia WA, US
Hany M. Fahmy - University Pl. WA, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

710100, 326 30

Abstract:

Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system includes two boards coupled by a bus. The bus having a dual-terminated transmission line that communicatively couples a memory control hub with a memory repeater hub that each have a Rambus ASIC Cell (RAC). Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a connector has two metal traces that are of different lengths. The parasitic capacitance of the longer metal trace is increased so that the impedance of the two metal traces is substantially equal.