CN101661311A - Computer system - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a computer system which comprises a main control end, a high-speed peripheral interconnection interface bus and a multifunctional card reader module, wherein the high-speed peripheral interconnection interface bus is coupled with the main control end; the multifunctional card reader module comprises a plurality of card readers, a high-speed peripheral interconnection interface and a high-speed peripheral interconnection interface main controller; the card readers respectively correspond to a plurality of storage card formats; the high-speed peripheral interconnection interface is coupled with the high-speed peripheral interconnection interface bus; and the high-speed peripheral interconnection main controller is coupled with the high-speed peripheral interconnectioninterface and the card readers and used for controlling data transmission between the high-speed peripheral interconnection interface and the card readers.
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Technical field
The present invention refers to a kind of computer system with multifunctional card reader module of a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface (PCIExpress) especially relevant for a kind of computer system.
Background technology
See also Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is a traditional USB (universal serial bus) (universal serial bus, calcspar of multifunctional card reader module 10 USB).As shown in Figure 1, USB multifunctional card reader module 10 has a safe digital card (Secure Digital Card, SD) form card reader 12, a multimedia card (multimediaCard, MMC) form card reader 14, a memory stick (Memory Stick, MS) a form card reader 16 and an XD picture card (Xd-Picture Card, XD) the form card reader 18, can be used for reading the interior data of storage card of different-format respectively.In addition, multifunctional card reader module 10 has a USB interface 20 and a USB master controller 30 in addition, multifunctional card reader module 10 is connected with a personal computer 40 of its outside via USB interface 20, and 30 of USB master controllers are used for controlling the data transmission of 20 of each card reader 12,14,16,18 and USB interface.
By multifunctional card reader module 10, personal computer 40 can be from a SD storage card, a MMC storage card, a MS storage card or XD storage card start, yet, because the restriction of USB transmission standard, personal computer 40 only can be started shooting to specific operating system, for instance, personal computer 40 can be started shooting to dos operating system by multifunctional card reader module 10, but can't start shooting to the Windows (for example: WindowsXP or Windows Vista) of Microsoft.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, one of purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer system, it has the multifunctional card reader module of a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface, and can rely on the multifunctional card reader module of this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface to come to start shooting to the operating system of Microsoft from a flash card.
According to claim of the present invention, it discloses a kind of computer system.This computer system includes a main control end; One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus is coupled to this main control end; An and multifunctional card reader module.This multifunctional card reader module includes: a plurality of card reader correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats; One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface is coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus; And a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller, be coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and these a plurality of card reader, be used for controlling the data transmission between this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and this a plurality of card reader.
According to claim of the present invention, it also discloses a kind of multifunctional card reader module.This multifunctional card reader module includes a plurality of card reader, corresponds respectively to a plurality of storage card formats; One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface; And a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller, be coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and these a plurality of card reader, be used for controlling the data transmission between this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and this a plurality of card reader.
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Fig. 1 is the calcspar of the multifunctional card reader module of a traditional USB (universal serial bus).
Fig. 2 is the calcspar of an embodiment of computer system of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the calcspar of an embodiment of multifunctional card reader module of the present invention.
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In the middle of instructions and claim, used some vocabulary to censure specific assembly.The person with usual knowledge in their respective areas should understand, and hardware manufacturer may be called same assembly with different nouns.This specification and claims are not used as distinguishing the mode of assembly with the difference of title, but the criterion that is used as distinguishing with the difference of assembly on function.Be an open term mentioned " comprising " in instructions and the follow-up request quite in the whole text, so should be construed to " comprise but be not limited to ".In addition, " couple " speech and comprise any indirect means that are electrically connected that directly reach at this.Therefore, be coupled to one second device, then represent this first device can directly be electrically connected in this second device, cross through other device or connection means and be electrically connected to this second device indirectly as if describing one first device in the literary composition.
See also Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the calcspar of computer system 200 1 embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, computer system 200 includes: a main control end (host) 210, one high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus (PCIExpress bus), 220 and one multifunctional card reader module 230, wherein high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus 220 is coupled to main control end 210, multifunctional card reader module 230 includes: a plurality of card reader 231,232,233,234, one high-speed peripheral interconnect interface (PCI Express interface), 236 and one high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller (PCI Express host controllet) 238, wherein, a plurality of card reader 231～234 correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats, high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 236 is coupled to high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus 220, high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller 238 is coupled between high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 236 and a plurality of card reader 231～234, be used for controlling the data transmission of 231～234 of high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 236 and a plurality of card reader, below will be further described computer system 200, yet, this only is the usefulness as the example explanation, is not to be restriction of the present invention.
As mentioned above, a plurality of card reader 231～234 correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats, in the present embodiment, card reader 231～234 corresponds respectively to a plurality of flash cards (flash memory card) form, wherein, card reader 231 is a safe digital card (Secure Digital Card, SD) form card reader, card reader 232 is a multimedia card (multimedia Card, MMC) form card reader, card reader 233 are a memory stick (MemoryStick, MS) form card reader, and card reader 234 is an XD picture card (Xd-Picture Card, XD) a form card reader.Note that this only is the usefulness as the example explanation, is not to be restriction of the present invention.Main control end 210 in the computer system 200 can utilize card reader 231,232,233 or 234 to come the interior data of storage card of access SD form, MMC form, MS form or XD form respectively.
In addition, computer system 200 of the present invention can be started shooting via the storage card 240 of multifunctional card reader module 230 one of from meet these a plurality of flash card forms (SD, MMC, MS or XD), because main control end 210 is connected in multifunctional card reader module 230 via high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus 220, therefore computer system 200 of the present invention also can be started shooting to the Windows of Microsoft except starting shooting to dos operating system.For instance, storage card 240 is a SD storage card, storage card 240 stores a Main Boot Record (Master BootRecord, MBR) and a mapping document of operation system (OS image), this mapping document of operation system is a Windows image file (for example: Windows XP image file or Windows Vista image file), main control end 210 just reads this Main Boot Record and this Windows image file that is stored in the storage card 240 (SD storage card) via the card reader in the multifunctional card reader module 230 231 (SD form card reader), with the boot program of computer system 200, and computer system 200 just can be started shooting to the Windows (for example: Windows XP operating system or Windows Vista operating system) corresponding to this Windows image file.Be conventional art owing to utilize Main Boot Record and mapping document of operation system to carry out boot program, and its non-emphasis of the present invention, therefore, describe in detail just in this omission for asking description for purpose of brevity.
In the above-described embodiments, computer system 200 includes a housing (not being shown among Fig. 2), main control end 210, high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus 220 and multifunctional card reader module 230 all are to be arranged in this housing, for instance, computer system 200 is a desktop PC (desktop), one notebook (laptop) or an embedded system (embedded system) are (for example: a personal digital assistant (personaldigital analysis, PDA) or a plug-in device (plug and play, PNP)), and be built in desktop PC in the multifunctional card reader module 230, in notebook or the embedded system, yet, the present invention is not as limit, in other embodiments of the invention, the multifunctional card reader module can not be arranged in the housing of computer system, for instance, the multifunctional card reader module can be external on a desktop PC or the notebook.
See also Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the calcspar of multifunctional card reader module 330 1 embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, multifunctional card reader module 330 includes: a plurality of card reader 331,332,333,334, an one high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 336 and a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller 338, wherein, a plurality of card reader 331～334 correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats, high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller 338 is coupled between high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 336 and a plurality of card reader 331～334, be used for controlling the data transmission of 331～334 of high-speed peripheral interconnect interface 336 and a plurality of card reader, in the present embodiment, card reader 331～334 corresponds respectively to a plurality of flash cards (flash memory card) form, wherein, card reader 331 is a SD form card reader, card reader 332 is a MMC form card reader, card reader 333 is a MS form card reader, and card reader 334 is an XD form card reader, yet this only is the usefulness as the example explanation, is not to be restriction of the present invention.
Multifunctional card reader module 330 can be external on any electronic installation with a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus, after connecting multifunctional card reader module 330 outward, this electronic installation just can utilize card reader 331 respectively, 332,333 or 334 come access SD form, the MMC form, data in one storage card of MS form or XD form, in addition, if store a Main Boot Record and a mapping document of operation system in this storage card, this electronic installation (for example: a desktop PC or a notebook) just can be started shooting to an operating system from this storage card, and this operating system is not limited to the Windows of non-Microsoft.
By in the foregoing description as can be known, compared to conventional art, because the multifunctional card reader module in the computer system of the present invention is a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface multifunctional card reader module, and the main control end in the computer system is to be connected in this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface multifunctional card reader module by a high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus, therefore computer system of the present invention does not limit start to specific operating system, more particularly, computer system of the present invention also can be started shooting to the Windows (for example: Windows XP or Windows Vista) of Microsoft except starting shooting to dos operating system.In addition, compared to the computer system of using peripheral interconnect interface (PCI) or USB (universal serial bus) as transmission interface, owing to use the high-speed peripheral interconnect interface as data transmission interface, the required pin number of computer system of the present invention is less and have a higher frequency range.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of doing according to claim of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1. computer system includes:
One main control end;
One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus is coupled to this main control end; And
One multifunctional card reader module includes:
A plurality of card reader correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats;
One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface is coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus; And
One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller is coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and these a plurality of card reader, is used for controlling the data transmission between this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and this a plurality of card reader.
2. computer system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, these a plurality of storage card formats are a plurality of flash card forms.
3. computer system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, these a plurality of flash card forms include a safe digital card form, a multimedia card form, a memory stick form and an xD picture card form.
4. computer system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that other includes a housing, and wherein this main control end, this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface bus and this multifunctional card reader module all are arranged in this housing.
5. computer system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, it is a desktop PC, a notebook or an embedded system.
6. computer system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that it includes in addition:
One storage card meets one of these a plurality of storage card formats, and this storage card stores a Main Boot Record and a mapping document of operation system;
Wherein this main control end reads the boot program that this Main Boot Record and this mapping document of operation system are carried out this computer system via this multifunctional card reader module.
7. computer system as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, this mapping document of operation system is a Windows image file.
8. multifunctional card reader module includes:
A plurality of card reader correspond respectively to a plurality of storage card formats;
One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface; And
One high-speed peripheral interconnect interface master controller is coupled to this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and these a plurality of card reader, is used for controlling the data transmission between this high-speed peripheral interconnect interface and this a plurality of card reader.
9. multifunctional card reader module as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, these a plurality of storage card formats are a plurality of flash card forms.
10. multifunctional card reader module as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, these a plurality of flash card forms include a safe digital card form, a multimedia card form, a memory stick (form and an xD picture card form.
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