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7003658 Method for user setup of memory throttling register in north bridge via BIOS to save power  
A method for achieving power saving for computers through memory throttling by adding the appropriate program codes into the BIOS, so that the invention may set the register of a north bridge chip...
7003591 Configurable mapping of devices to bus functions  
Techniques are disclosed for enabling a single computer system to execute both operating systems that permit multiple devices to be mapped to a single PCI function and operating systems that do not...
7000052 System and method for configuring and deploying input/output cards in a communications environment  
A method for communicating data is provided that includes storing one or more physical connectors associated with an input/output card and configuring the input/output card to a selected one of a...
7000043 Methods and apparatus for controlling performance of a communications device  
Mechanisms and techniques provide a system for controlling performance of a data communications device that operates an input output protocol and/or architecture such as Infiniband by setting a...
7000042 Configurable storage array adapted to configure a segmentable bus based on an arrangement of connectors  
A configurable storage array includes a backplane, a plurality of storage devices coupled to the backplane, a segmentable bus coupled to the storage devices, a plurality of input/output connectors...
6996648 Generating notification that a new memory module has been added to a second memory slot in response to replacement of a memory module in a first memory slot  
A system includes memory slots to receive memory modules. In response to detecting replacement of a first memory module with a second memory module in a first memory slot, a notification is...
6996106 High-speed interchip interface protocol  
A communication protocol provides high-speed transfers of parallel data between an origination end and a destination end. The protocol involves regularly transmitting data from the origination end...
6993625 Load balancing storage system  
A disk storage subsystem allocating an equivalent number of hard disk drives to each loop, alternately connecting the connecting bays of hard disk drives to optical fiber channels provided with two...
6990547 Replacing file system processors by hot swapping  
A system and method for replacing file system processors, also known as hot swapping, is described. The system and method operate on a fault-tolerant network file system that includes a first file...
6988194 System and method for preserving boot order in an information handling system when a boot device is replaced by a matching device  
An information handling system includes a processor, a storage medium coupled to the processor, and a program stored in the storage medium and executable by the processor. The program is for...
6988156 System and method for dynamically tuning interrupt coalescing parameters  
A system and method for dynamically tuning the interrupt coalescing behavior of a communication interface. An interrupt handler adjusts dynamic Packet and/or Latency values to control how many...
6985981 Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus  
A method and device for preventing loops in a high performance serial bus is disclosed. One aspect includes selecting an untested connection by at least one of the plurality of nodes to the bus;...
6983363 Reset facility for redundant processor using a fiber channel loop  
A processor resetting apparatus comprises a fibre channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL) interface arranged to receive a frame over the FC-AL containing an indicator of a reset command for a server...
6981080 Look-up table based USB identification  
An embodiment of USB device comprises a lookup table in a fixed electronically readable medium comprising a plurality of product identification information entries. The USB device also has an...
6976160 Method and system for controlling default values of flip-flops in PGA/ASIC-based designs  
During a reset condition or prior to system initialization of an FPGA-based system ( 100 ), a FPGA ( 102 ) can be pre-configured by loading a value from a memory cell ( 108 ) into at least one...
6976143 Systems and methods for controlling communication with nonvolatile memory devices  
Systems and methods for controlling communication with nonvolatile memory devices via a memory bus are provided. Briefly described, one of many possible embodiments is a system comprising a memory...
6976105 Apparatus and method for attaching multiple devices to a host  
A concentrator connects multiple downstream devices to an upstream host using the same device address. The concentrator combines together configuration information obtained from the multiple...
6973658 Reconfigurable communication interface and method therefor  
When an external device (not shown) is connected to a matching connector of a variety of connectors ( 235–260 ), a microcontroller 205 detects the matching connector ( 235–260 ) and the...
6973519 Card identification compatibility  
An embodiment of the present invention includes a high speed multi-media card system for automatic detection of high speed communication including a host and one or more media cards, coupled to the...
6973518 Mobile apparatus for configuring portable devices to be used on-board mobile platforms  
A mobile apparatus for configuring, testing or providing portable electronic devices for accessing an on-board system of a mobile platform provides a single convenient location for ensuring proper...
6973517 Partition formation using microprocessors in a multiprocessor computer system  
The invention is a control system using microprocessors which communicate through a Local Area Network (private LAN) to control operation of both processors and input and output subsystems (IO...
6973508 Highly versatile process control system controller  
A versatile controller that can be used as either a stand-alone controller in a relatively small process plant or as one of numerous controllers in a distributed process control system depending on...
6973473 Method, system and program products for managing identifiers of components of a clustered environment  
Various components are provided to manage a clustered environment. These components include a System Registry that provides a global data storage; a Configuration manager that stores data locally...
6970957 Dynamically configuring resources for cycle translation in a computer system  
A method and system that enables customized computer machines to be more readily developed by removing the function of resource translation out of the hardware abstraction layer (HAL). A machine...
6970948 Configuring system units using on-board class information  
A method of automatic configuration of field replaceable units in a system includes steps of accessing configuration management system (CMS) class information from a field replaceable unit (FRU)...
6970851 System and method of configuring value cards  
A system and method of configuring value cards which facilitates selection of personalized limits on value card use in transactions. The value card configuration system includes a display for...
6968414 Monitoring insertion/removal of server blades in a data processing system  
A system for monitoring server blades includes a cabinet having a plurality of racks configured to receive a server blade. The server blade includes one or more microprocessors, memory, and a...
6965960 xDSL symbol processor and method of operating same  
A logical pipeline or logical hybrid pipeline is used for an xDSL communication system, and particularly for processing DMT symbols. This flexible arrangement permits easy and efficient sequencing...
6965958 Searching for printers over a network using intermediate print data  
A printer serving as an output destination can be automatically set from print data. Further, in order to search an optimum printer during a series of operations within a range from the issue of a...
6965956 Disk array controller and system with automated detection and control of both ATA and SCSI disk drives  
A disk array controller detects whether each drive it is connected to is an ATA drive or a SCSI drive, and communicates with that disk drive using the corresponding protocol. Preferably, the disk...
6963947 Driver supporting bridge method and apparatus  
A methodology by which a host computer can dynamically rebalance PCI-to-PCI bridges to overcome Operating System/BIOS and Chipset limitations in order to allow multiple level PCI buses. This...
6963945 Integrated circuit  
It is the object of the invention to optimise the allocation of address ranges to modules of an integrated circuit. Since according to the invention the address ranges in the address space are...
6963939 Method and apparatus for expansion of single channel at attachment/IDE interface  
An electronic device has a host processor system having an AT Attachment (ATA) mass storage interface having a single channel. The electronic device further has at least three mass storage device...
6963938 Information processing apparatus and method therefor  
If a block read cannot be used to read out from a configuration ROM information, the number of times of issue of a quadlet read request increases. This degrades the processing efficiently of a...
6961792 System for configuring expandable buses in a multi-device storage container and related method  
A system and method for configuring expandable buses wherein a host supports a plurality of expandable buses are provided. A plurality of devices are arranged to form a plurality of groups. Each...
6961791 Method for expansion and integration of option ROM support utilities for run-time/boot-time usage  
A computer system has a centralized configuration control point. Preferably, this control point is a ROM-based setup utility (“RBSU”) which permits various aspects of the computer system to...
6961790 Self-extracting re-configurable interface used in modular electronic architecture  
A re-configurable interface used in modular electronic architectures includes a host ( 203 ) and one or more modules ( 201 ) for interfacing with the host ( 203 ) to provide additional...
6961785 Permanent open firmware PCI host bridge (PHB) unit addressing to support dynamic memory mapping and swapping of I/O drawers  
A system for managing input/output drawers within a data processing system. A unique identifier is assigned to each of a plurality of drawers, and is used by the operating system to identify the...
6959355 Universal serial bus hub with shared high speed handler  
A device may include an upstream port and several downstream ports configured to transfer data at a different data transfer rate than the upstream port. The device may also include several...
6959350 Configurable USB interface with virtual register architecture  
An interface controller includes configuration circuitry generated based on a configuration package associated with endpoint configuration parameters. The configuration circuitry is used for...
6957291 Removable disk storage array emulating tape library having backup and archive capability  
A hard disk drive based data archive system emulating a tape archive system includes a hot pluggable multi-drive magazine having a housing for holding a plurality of hard disk drives, each drive...
6957289 Bus system having improved control process  
The invention provides a bus system comprising a controller; a high speed data transfer bus, the data transfer bus being subject to one or more inherent physical-layer configuration constraints for...
6954808 Extender for universal serial bus  
Cable length extension of universal serial bus (USB), through the provision of a transmitter hub coupled to a receiver hub over a non-USB data transport connection.
6952746 Method and system for system performance optimization via heuristically optimized buses  
A method and system for enhancing performance of a bus in a data processing system is described. The method includes monitoring priority of processes in an operating system queue along with data...
6948016 Multiple removable non-volatile memory cards serially communicating with a host  
Two or more very small encapsulated electronic circuit cards to which data are read and written are removably inserted into two or more sockets of a host system that is wired to the sockets....
6948005 Peripheral device for programmable controller  
A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying...
6947438 PCI and MII compatible home phoneline networking alliance (HPNA) interface device  
A networking interface device for coupling a system host having one of a plurality configurations to a network medium. The device having a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface for...
6944756 Controls for recursion at system startup  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling recursion at system startup. The method comprises creating one or more levels of device tree nodes branching from a root node,...
6941450 System and method for identifying one or more optimum configurations of a data processing system  
A system and method for implementing a system optimizer utilized to determine if a current configuration of a data processing system is optimized for system performance according to testing...
6938111 Method for operating automation control equipment applications  
A method for operating automation control equipment applications ensures uninterrupted execution of a control application, at least during specific time periods, but such that the control...
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