A computer system having a multimedia bus and comprising a centralized i/o processor which performs intelligent data transfers

摘要: A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance over current architectures. The includes a standard local bus or expansion bus, such as the PCI and also dedicated multimedia bus. Various devices are coupled to one more of and/or centralized I/O processor operates direct pull stream information through system. comprises memory storing data rate, periodicity, source, destination said devices. present invention thus much greater than prior systems.