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7007128 Multiprocessor data processing system having a data routing mechanism regulated through control communication  
A data interconnect and routing mechanism reduces data communication latency, supports dynamic route determination based upon processor activity level/traffic, and implements an architecture that...
7003617 System and method for managing target resets  
A bus reset control module associated with a fibre-SCSI bridge manages target resets sent from a fibre bus to one or more SCSI buses to reduce or eliminate unnecessary bus resets of SCSI buses...
7003607 Managing a controller embedded in a bridge  
A method and apparatus is provided for managing a controller embedded in a south bridge. The method includes determining if the south bridge of a processor-based system is configured to operate in...
7003612 PC switching device selectively switching between an input device and a plurality of computers having different electric power control mechanisms  
This invention is to provide a PC switching device which can be applied to various kinds of PC's, some of which have an electric power control method different from the others. When a plurality of...
7003608 Method and system for automatic configuration of IDE bus devices  
A system and method are disclosed for automatically and correctly configuring IDE bus devices to be either master or slave devices regardless of the devices' location on an IDE cable. A modified...
7003613 System for transferring data using a USB host system with a dedicated processor  
This invention is a USB host comprising a first processor implementing a function of a USB system and presenting a high-level pipe view of USB to a second processor. In one embodiment of this...
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...
7000056 Method and apparatus for detecting low pin count and serial peripheral interfaces  
Apparatus and method for providing a multiplexed bus supporting the coupling of either one of a device having a first bus type interface and a device having a second bus type interface where the...
7000045 Byte-enabled transfer for a data bus having fixed-byte data transfer  
A data bus system transfers words and word portions on a data bus between master devices and slave devices. A size bus carries a size code in fixed-byte format that identifies a number of bytes...
7000055 Multi-interface symmetric multiprocessor  
A symmetric multiprocessor system includes a first processor and a second processor for executing a multi-threaded process on packets, a first inbound interface and a first outbound interface...
6996650 Method and apparatus for implementing multiple configurable sub-busses of a point-to-point bus  
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing multiple configurable sub-busses of a point-to-point bus. Each of a plurality of bus interconnects include a transmit interface and a receive...
6996652 High-speed segmented data bus architecture  
A system is provided for driving data signals in an integrated circuit device. The system includes a plurality of functional blocks, each having at least one input/output connection along one side...
6996653 Communication interface method  
A communication interface responds to a communication protocol for interfacing a controller and any of a plurality of discrete I/O devices. Each discrete I/O device has a different configuration....
6996643 Method of VME module transfer speed auto-negotiation  
In a multi-service platform system ( 103 ), a method of transfer speed ( 119 ) negotiation includes an initiator VME module ( 402 ) communicating a negotiation code ( 406 ) to a responder VME...
6996613 System for storing and transmitting home network system data  
The invention specifies a system having a plurality of devices which are connected to one another via an IEEE 1394 interface and one of which contains a control unit which, when operated...
6996649 Decoupling unit for bus systems that blocks abnormal dominant signals from passing between connected bus systems  
A decoupling unit for two bus systems connected with each other includes a connecting circuit between two interface circuits. The first interface circuit has ports for one of the two bus systems...
6996651 On chip network with memory device address decoding  
A network with memory device address decoding that enables communication among integrated processing elements, including a network, a processing element and a bus gasket. The network transfers...
6995851 Printer apparatus, control method and control program therefor, and computer-readable storage medium containing the control program  
A printer apparatus terminates printing and discharges paper when an interface is disconnected during a printing process, whereby the next print data is received and is appropriately printed. In...
6996644 Apparatus and methods for initializing integrated circuit addresses  
Multiple ICs communicate with a controller through a shared bus. The ICs are also joined to an output of the controller in a daisy chain configuration. Each IC includes an input for receiving a...
6993618 Dual-mode flash storage exchanger that transfers flash-card data to a removable USB flash key-drive with or without a PC host  
A flash-card exchanger has two modes of operation. When a host personal computer (PC) is connected to a Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector, the flash-card exchanger operates in a card reader...
6993612 Arbitration method for a source strobed bus  
A hub based computer system having a central hub that communicates with a plurality of satellite devices over respective link buses. Each link bus is substantially the same and adheres to a...
6993617 System-on-a-chip having an on-chip processor and an on-chip dynamic random access memory (DRAM)  
A system-on-a-chip device is provided, the system-on-a-chip device comprising an on-chip processor and an on-chip dynamic random access memory (DRAM) capable of communicating with the on-chip...
6993616 Read-write interface system and method that accesses a leading bit in advance of a read operation  
A read-write interface system and method for a peripheral device includes storing data to be processed by a peripheral device; receiving a set of input data bits; transferring the set of input data...
6990548 Methods and arrangements for configuring a printer over a wireless communication link using a wireless communication device  
A portable communication device, such as, a cellular telephone, pager, PDA, etc., is programmed to configure a peripheral device through a communication link. The advanced user interface on the...
6990537 System and method for controlling multi-component communications via a bus by causing components to enter and exit a high-impedance state  
A method for controlling communication on a bus connecting a first processor, a second processor, and a device. The method transmits a first control signal from the first processor to the second...
6988136 Unified management system and method for multi-cabinet data storage complexes  
A multi-cabinet mass storage system with unified management features. The system includes a first reporting group and a second reporting group each having enclosure with processors, such as an...
6987428 Electromagnetic coupler flexible circuit with a curved coupling portion  
An electromagnetic (EM) coupler including a first transmission structure having a first geometry, and a second transmission structure having a second geometry and forming an EM coupler with the...
6988154 Memory interface and method of interfacing between functional entities  
A data and signal interface for controlling the transfer of data and signals between a memory array and macro function such as that of a digital signal processor (DSP) core. In one embodiment, the...
6988160 Method and apparatus for efficient messaging between memories across a PCI bus  
The method and apparatus presented are targeted to improve the performance of moving data between memory portions connected by a system bus where writes have higher performance than reads, such as...
6988159 Cableless embedded simplex/duplex channel SCSI implementation  
A small computer system interface (SCSI) system and methods of configuring/operating the SCSI system without cables. The SCSI system includes a system board, a backplane, and a cableless element...
6985972 Dynamic cache coherency snooper presence with variable snoop latency  
A data processing system with a snooper that is capable of dynamically enabling and disabling its snooping capabilities (i.e., snoop detect and response). The snooper is connected to a bus...
6985988 System-on-a-Chip structure having a multiple channel bus bridge  
A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit structure includes a bridge having a plurality of channels, a processor local bus connected to the bridge (wherein the bridge includes a first channel...
6985989 Storage apparatus having plural controller including interconnected memories  
A disk array controller is made up of multiple disk array control units for implementing the data read/write operation and each having channel IF units, disk IF units, cache memory units and shared...
6983343 Partitioning of storage channels using programmable switches  
A data storage system having a first storage channel, a first controller coupled to the first storage channel, a first storage device coupled to the first storage channel, a second storage channel,...
6983336 Dual pointing device used to control a cursor having absolute and relative pointing devices  
A personal computer system enables simultaneous use of a relative-coordinate-mode input device and an absolute-coordinate-mode input device, thereby allowing correct input of absolute coordinate...
6983341 Modular peripheral device hub  
A hub for expanding peripheral device connectivity in a computer system is provided. The hub includes a hub body which has a front side, a back side, and peripheral surfaces. The peripheral...
6983342 High speed OC-768 configurable link layer chip  
An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of link layer controllers. The plurality of link layer controllers may be configured to operate independently in a first mode and cooperatively in a...
6980314 Method and device for improving utilization of a bus  
An embodiment of a bus management device permits scheduling of transactions to allow concurrent execution of the transactions. Data bus usage is scheduled by setting shift register bits. Each...
6981087 Multi-master and diverse serial bus in a complex electrical system  
A two wire serial bus is connected between different circuit boards in a complex electrical system. The two wire serial bus may be used to receive status information about each of the circuit...
6978336 Method and structure for allocating sites in an expanded SCB array  
A parallel SCSI host adapter uses an expanded SCB array for both non-Packetized and Packetized SCSI Protocols. The expanded SCB array is partitioned into a low page and a high page. SCBs for...
6978337 Serial ATA controller having failover function  
A select circuit including a first device bridge to communicate a first stream of information between a first Serial ATA bus and a storage device bus. A second device bridge to communicate a second...
6977925 Folded fabric switching architecture  
An optimal printed circuit board input/output switching system is provided and includes a printed circuit board having multiple input/output ports with communication channels coupling the...
6978334 Serial bus data control device  
A serial bus data control device for communication devices to receive data in a packet format is provided which is capable of obtaining each piece of actual data contained in each of packets needed...
6978012 Echo cancellation using a variable offset comparator  
An echo cancellation circuit includes a variable offset comparator whose input is coupled to receive a transmission line analog signal level. The comparator has a substantially variable offset that...
6977821 Backplane apparatus and board for use therewith  
A backplane has a plurality of interface slots that each couple to a number of buses. Depending upon the embodiment, these buses include a power distribution bus, a digital ground bus, an earth...
6976155 Method and apparatus for communicating between processing entities in a multi-processor  
A method and apparatus for synchronizing and communicating between processing entities, such as cores or threads, in a multiprocessor. Two registers are used as a “hardware mailbox” by two...
6976114 Method and apparatus for simultaneous bidirectional signaling in a bus topology  
A method and apparatus for providing bidirectional signaling in a bus topology is provided. The bus topology allows more than two electrical circuits or devices to be coupled together along one or...
6973516 Method and apparatus for a controller capable of supporting multiple protocols  
The present invention provides a controller system including a common controller, a first interface, a second interface, and an adapter. The first interface is used to receive and to send data...
6973526 Method and apparatus to permit external access to internal configuration registers  
Access to internal configuration registers on a computer system's chipset using an external micro-controller is provided. A SMB configuration read command including a register address may be...
6973527 Electrical circuit for a bus interface and/or a bus bridge for performing a function  
An electrical circuit for a bus interface and/or a bus bridge is described. The electrical circuit comprises a global master being coupled with a first bus and at least one function block being...