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O2Micro Receives Patent For Advanced Power Management in a PCI Host Controller

December 19, 2006 by Jeff Shepard

O2Micro® International Ltd. announced that it was issued 30 claims under United States patent number 7,120,807 for its PCI Host Controller with Advanced Power Management Reset invention.

This PCI Host Controller supports advanced power management specifications without requiring additional pin out arrangement or reassignment of pin functionality. This enables implementation of this invention in current computer systems without retooling or re-layout of the system board circuitry.

"This patented approach to PCI Power Management has provided O2Micro and our customers the convenience of pin-compatibility across our PCI component product lines,'" said Max Huang, Executive Vice President, O2Micro.