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7362697 Self-healing chip-to-chip interface  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of signal paths for a chip. A defective signal path within the set of signal paths for the chip is detected. Signals are re-routed...
7363396 Supercharge message exchanger  
A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store...
7360004 Powering a notebook across a USB interface  
A laptop computer and mating docking station where the docking station provides power to the laptop computer over power rails of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The laptop computer has...
7360010 Method and apparatus for storage command and data router  
An interconnecting unit and method for data communication between a plurality of computer hosts and a plurality of storage devices. The interconnecting unit couples the hosts to the storage devices...
7359997 USB data transfer control device including first and second USB device wherein destination information about second device is sent by first device  
A transfer controller (or a host controller) issues IN tokens to a plurality of USB devices connected to USB and including first and second USB devices. When data including destination information...
7359993 Method and apparatus for interfacing external resources with a network element  
External resources may be interfaced with a network element using an intelligent interface including an independent processing environment to enable the operational capabilities of the network...
7360005 Software programmable multiple function integrated circuit module  
An electrically programmable multiple selectable function integrated circuit module has a plurality of optionally selectable function circuits, which receive and manipulate a plurality of input...
7356629 Conveying data between computing devices  
Techniques are provided for conveying data between computing devices. In certain implementations, a system and method for conveying data between computing devices include the capability to, at a...
7356632 Data memory controller that supports data bus invert  
The present invention provides a data memory controller that supports for the invert of data bus. Data transmitted from a memory is received in a chip set, which further transmits the data to a...
7356555 In-protocol impedance compensation control  
One embodiment of a technique for performing impedance compensation update operations without causing potential data corruption problems includes taking advantage of protocol idle periods, where...
7353302 Selectable communication control between devices communicating using a serial attached SCSI (SAS) protocol  
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a plurality of ports capable of being coupled to a plurality of devices via an associated plurality of communication links, the links being compliant...
7353313 General input/output architecture, protocol and related methods to manage data integrity  
An enhanced general input/output (EGIO) communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented. The elements of an EGIO architecture may include one or more of a root complex (e.g.,...
7353308 Avoiding oscillation in self-synchronous bi-directional communication system  
In a bi-directional, self-synchronous bus for communication between semiconductor devices, a logic delay is provided as a flag to a state machine control for indicating that the bus is making a...
7350161 System design tools  
A system design method for designing bus-based systems is described. The method includes automatically defining an allowed set of parameter values for the system components concerned.
7349999 Method, system, and program for managing data read operations on network controller with offloading functions  
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing data read operations of a read command such as a read command packaged in an Internet Small Computer System Interface packet. In one...
7350012 Method and system for providing fault tolerance in a network  
A configurable switching fabric port is disclosed having, in a particular configuration. A first interface that employs port interface resources and leaves at least one interface resource dormant...
7346723 Slave devices and methods for operating the same  
A slave device may be configured to receive at least one bus interface clock and bus interface signals from a bus coupled to the at least one bus interface unit. The slave device may also be...
7346051 Slave device, master device and stacked device  
A stacked device is disclosed which is easily manufactured while identifying a plurality of devices that are stacked in the stacked device. The stacked device includes a stack of a plurality of...
7346724 Enabling multiple ATA devices using a single bus bridge  
Embodiments of the invention include a bus bridge that is capable of communicating with more than one MSC device coupled to it. In some embodiments, the bridge includes a LUN processor that...
7346722 Apparatus for use in a computer systems  
Apparatus for use in a computer system comprises a bus architecture, a plurality of modules connected to the bus architecture, at least one module being latency tolerant and at least one module...
7346718 Autonomous integrated-circuit card  
An autonomous integrated circuit card includes a logic external communication interface which directly communicates with a communication device connected to an integrated circuit card terminal main...
7343458 Memory channel with unidirectional links  
Memory interface apparatus and methods utilize unidirectional links. An embodiment of a memory apparatus may include a first redrive circuit to receive a first signal from a first unidirectional...
7343451 Disk array device and remote copying control method for disk array device  
Various types of resources of the disk array device are divided for respective users and communications resources used in remote copying are appropriately assigned to the users so that functional...
7343440 Integrated circuit with a scalable high-bandwidth architecture  
An integrated circuit component is provided comprising logic capable of being configured to interface with a first companion integrated circuit and to receive information that is communicated from...
7340542 Data processing system with bus access retraction  
A bus master may selectively retract a currently pending access based on one or more characteristics of the currently pending access. In this manner, bus master may better control its access...
7340555 RAID system for performing efficient mirrored posted-write operations  
A bus bridge on a primary RAID controller receives user write data from a host and writes the data to its write cache and also broadcasts the data over a high speed link (e.g., PCI-Express) to a...
7340552 Bus control system  
In a data processing system, a plurality of modules connected to a system bus thereof are assigned with identifiers. When a source module initiates a split read access to another module, the source...
7340548 On-chip bus  
This disclosure involves an on-chip bus architecture involving an on-chip bus that includes a collector node and at least one device node. Each device node is in communication with an on-chip...
7337259 Smart card virtual hub  
A smart card virtual hub combines an ISO7816 compliant smart card reader interface with a USB hub that provides one or more attachment points for connection of devices to the USB bus, thereby...
7337258 Dynamically allocating devices to buses  
Devices are assigned to different buses at development time as well as dynamically during operation, based on actual performance. At development time, bus assignment can be determined based on...
7337261 Memory apparatus connectable to a host system having a USB connector  
An integrated semiconductor memory device for use within an integrated USB memory apparatus has a controller, a flash memory in communication with the controller, a USB interface circuit in...
7337249 I/O and memory bus system for DFPS and units with two- or multi-dimensional programmable cell architectures  
A general bus system is provided which combines a number of internal lines and leads them as a bundle to the terminals. The bus system control is predefined and does not require any influence by...
7334233 Method and apparatus for multiple slaves to receive data from multiple masters in a data processing system  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing requests for data by processes in a data processing system. Requests for data from the processes in slave mode are tracked. Data received...
7334234 Method and apparatus for transferring data to virtual devices behind a bus expander  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transferring data from a master to a set of applications executing on a slave. Data is received from a master at a device driver in the slave. The...
7334071 Expansion of cross-domain addressing for PCI-express packets passing through non-transparent bridge  
A PCI-Express compatible switch is provided with two or more, internal virtual buses. In one embodiment, at least one of the plural virtual buses is designated as a special bus that is limited to...
7330924 Network media access controller embedded in a programmable logic device—physical layer interface  
An aspect of the invention is physical layer interface for a network interface including a plurality of input/output pins. The input/output pins are coupled for being multiplexed into a physical...
7330916 Graphic controller to manage a memory and effective size of FIFO buffer as viewed by CPU can be as large as the memory  
A system for providing a command stream that includes a controller chip is disclosed. The controller chip includes an engine operative to manage a memory. The engine includes an interface. A...
7328298 Apparatus and method for controlling I/O between different interface standards and method of identifying the apparatus  
According to the present invention, an input/output controller connected between an interface connection port of an information processing apparatus and a network device so as to connect the...
7328289 Communication between processors  
A method of communicating between a first and a second processor includes the first processor sending a datum over a common control bus, and the second processor receiving the datum from the common...
7328288 Relay apparatus for relaying communication from CPU to peripheral device  
In order to reduce overhead of a CPU, a relay apparatus for relaying communication from a CPU to a peripheral device includes communication information holding sections for holding information...
7327581 Circuit device  
A circuit device includes plural semiconductor circuit devices that are formed on independent substrates, respectively, and communicate with each other. Each of the semiconductor circuit devices...
7325087 Using a processor to program a semiconductor memory  
A memory programmer may be coupled through a first processor and a physical interface to a semiconductor memory to be programmed. The interface may be the same interface that allows two separate...
7325231 Method and related device for updating firmware code stored in non-volatile memory  
A non-volatile memory is installed in an electronic device. A method for updating a firmware code stored in a non-volatile memory includes: providing an updating control unit having a command set;...
7321948 Highly available system test mechanism  
Boards in a system are interconnected by a first set of signals including a first control signal and first function signals. Each board in the system includes a second set of signals corresponding...
7321938 Data transfer apparatus, network system, and data transfer method  
Whether the node to which data has been sent is connected to a bus is determined according to destination information, and, when it is determined that the node is not connected to the bus,...
7320043 Split computer architecture to separate user and processor while retaining original user interface  
A network interface is described in which a single computer bus is split over a long distance into two or more inter-communicating buses. On one bus, processing and applications are provided and on...
7315914 Systems and methods for managing virtualized logical units using vendor specific storage array commands  
Systems and methods are provided for executing a vendor specific command in a storage area network including a plurality of data storage volumes and at least one host. In one embodiment, a system...
7315456 Configurable IO subsystem  
An enclosure for an input-output (IO) subsystem comprises: a backplane; a plurality of first slots for accepting corresponding IO option modules; a second slot for accepting an IO controller...
7313660 Data stream frequency reduction and/or phase shift  
A frequency reduction or phase shifting circuit has an input receiving an input data stream having an input frequency and a representation of desired output frequency. A splitter splits the input...
7313641 Inter-processor communication system for communication between processors  
A system ( 15 ) comprising at least two integrated processors (P 1 and P 2 ). These two processors (P 1 and P 2 ) are operably connected via a communication channel ( 17 ) for exchanging...