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7454553 |
Power transfer field device
An apparatus and method are provided for transferring electrical energy from a Fieldbus process communication loop to at least one other process communication loop operating in accordance with a...
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7454552 |
Switch with transparent and non-transparent ports
There are disclosed apparatus and methods for switching. Transparent and non-transparent ports are provided. Data units are transferred between the transparent ports, between the transparent and...
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7454550 |
Systems and methods for providing co-processors to computing systems
Computing systems with conventional CPUs coupled to co-processors or accelerators implemented in FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). One embodiment of the systems and methods according to the...
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7447827 |
Multi-port bridge device
A bridge device electrically connected to a first AGP bus, a second AGP bus, and a PCI bus is provided. The bridge device has a first bridge, a second bridge, and a controller. The first bridge is...
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7447788 |
Providing host information to devices in multi SCSI transport protocols
Systems, methods, and data structures are provided for identifying host information at a physical layer of an information handling system. The method includes issuing a command from a host computer...
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7444455 |
Integrated gigabit ethernet PCI-X controller
A network controller having a multiprotocol bus interface adapter coupled between a communication network and a computer bus, the adapter including a predictive time base generator; and a...
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7433990 |
Transferring system information via universal serial bus (USB)
In various embodiments, a system may include a processor, a host controller coupled to the processor, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device coupled to the host controller and a non-USB device coupled...
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7434192 |
Techniques for optimizing design of a hard intellectual property block for data transmission
Techniques are provided for implementing channel alignment for a data transmission interface in an HIP block on a programmable logic integrated circuit. The HIP block channel alignment logic can be...
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7430660 |
Data transmission apparatus, system and method, and image processing apparatus
A data transmission system where an image providing device and a printer are directly connected by a 1394 serial bus, a command is sent from the image providing device to the printer, then a...
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7424562 |
Intelligent PCI bridging consisting of prefetching data based upon descriptor data
A bridging device has at least two ports. The first port allows the device to communicate with devices on an expansion bus and at least one other port to allow the bridge to communicate with a...
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7421532 |
Switching with transparent and non-transparent ports
There are disclosed apparatus and methods for switching. Transparent and non-transparent ports are provided. Data units are transferred between the transparent ports, between the transparent and...
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7418539 |
System and method for utilizing an external computing device to access storage inside an inactive computing device
Apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling a user to access internal storage in the computing device when the computing device is inactive are disclosed. The computing devices include a primary...
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7412553 |
Enhanced protocol conversion system capable of providing offloaded protocol instruction processing
Systems are provided for the offloading of protocol control and conversion information within microprocessor-based systems. A converter controller comprises a first interface and protocol, as well...
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7406549 |
Support for non-standard device containing operating system data
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for support of a non-standard device containing operating system data are described. According to one embodiment, a circuit...
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7398293 |
System and method for using a shared bus for video communications
A system and method for using a shared bus to control a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) output is disclosed. The system may include a mid-plane having a video bus. At least one server module,...
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7395366 |
System, method, and apparatus for connecting USB peripherals at extended distances from a host computer
An apparatus, method, and system for coupling a host computer to a peripheral device over an extended distance. In one example, a first hub is provided for coupling with the host computer, the...
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7389376 |
HDD controller and system equipped with the same
An HDD controller executes high-speed burst data transfer, at which the HDD controller has a master mode for the HDD controller to work as a bus master of a PCI bus, and a slave mode for the HDD...
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7383372 |
Bus system, station for use in a bus system, and bus interface
The invention relates to a bus system comprising a first station and a second station coupled by a bus for transferring signals. The bus is arranged to operate according to a protocol in which said...
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7383373 |
Deriving corresponding signals
Apparatus used in deriving corresponding signals includes first and second circuitry. The first circuitry derives, from a source-terminated first signal driven from a Peripheral Control Interface...
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7378962 |
Sensor node management and method for monitoring a seal condition of an enclosure
There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for sensor node management. The methods and apparatus may include the ability to receive a message indicating that a sensor...
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7380045 |
Protocol conversion and arbitration circuit, system having the same, and method for converting and arbitrating signals
A protocol conversion and arbitration circuit may include: a protocol conversion circuit to receive signals complying with a second protocol used by a master, and to convert the received signals...
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7376781 |
Virtual USB card reader with PCI express interface
The present invention discloses a virtual universal serial bus (USB) card reader with a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) Express interface. The card reader includes a microcontroller...
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7376779 |
Multiple module computer system and method
A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console...
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7376780 |
Protocol converter to access AHB slave devices using the MDIO protocol
A method for communicating between a first bus and a second bus is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) recognizing a read operation code in a read frame (i) received from the...
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7373447 |
Multi-port processor architecture with bidirectional interfaces between busses
A multi-port processor architecture having a first bus, a second bus and a central processing unit. The central processing unit having a first and second ports coupled to first and second busses...
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7370128 |
Expander device capable of communication protocol translation
A method according to one embodiment may include communicating, by an expander device, with at least one initiator engine using at least a first communication protocol and at least one target...
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7366872 |
Method for addressing configuration registers by scanning for a structure in configuration space and adding a known offset
A configuration memory space is scanned to locate an identification register whose value matches a predetermined value. The identification register identifies the location of a structure within the...
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7363395 |
Intermediate device capable of communicating using different communication protocols
A method according to one embodiment may include determining, at least in part, by an intermediate device at least one communication protocol via which at least one storage device connected to the...
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7359848 |
Tape storage emulator
A tape storage emulator has a disk storage, a tape storage, a server interface, a data path control, a virtual tape management and a personality logic. The server interface is in communications...
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7360009 |
Data transfer apparatus for limiting read data by a bus bridge with relay information
A bus bridge is connected to a primary bus and a secondary bus, and relays data between a master and a target which are each connected to a different one of the primary and secondary buses. The bus...
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7354275 |
Graphics card connector module, and motherboard device having the same
The present invention relates to a graphics card connector module for being connected to a motherboard device, the motherboard including a primary slot coupling over N channels, said graphics card...
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7356637 |
Virtual IDE storage device with PCI express interface
The present invention discloses a virtual integrated drive electronics (IDE) storage device with a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) Express interface. The storage device includes a...
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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.
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7350013 |
Bus communication apparatus for programmable logic devices and associated methods
A programmable logic device (PLD) includes programmable logic circuitry and a bridge circuitry. The bridge circuitry includes a first interface circuitry and a first signal select circuitry. The...
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7340540 |
Memory card with contacts, device connector, and a connector covering mechanism
Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns,...
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7334074 |
Method and system for multi-channel transfer of data and control
A system and method for transferring information in a multi-channel, point-to-point environment are described. In one embodiment, a number of processing chips are connected to a bridge bus. A...
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7334072 |
System, method and apparatus for extending distances between wired or wireless USB devices and a USB host
A wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) device enumerates one or more real or virtual hubs that support transmission of USB data over a wireless network. The number of virtual hubs presented to a USB...
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7334073 |
Method of and apparatus for interfacing buses operating at different speeds
The present invention relates to a bridge for interfacing buses within an embedded system. There is provided a method of interfacing a first bus and a second bus operating at different speeds, the...
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7334041 |
Vehicle communications interface
An improved vehicle communications interface (VCI) is both economical and readily adaptable for running new software. The improved VCI includes a server coupled to a bank of processors. The server...
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7330925 |
Transaction flow control mechanism for a bus bridge
A transaction flow control mechanism is disclosed for a bus bridge in a high speed computer system with a high speed interface for a graphics processor. A preferred embodiment provides a flow...
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7328297 |
Computer system utilizing multiple computer modules functioning independently
A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console...
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7313643 |
PCI-express to PCI/PCI X translator
An apparatus for converting a PCI/PCI X device into a PCI-Express device. The apparatus may include a first circuit configured to receive first data, wherein the first circuit is configured to...
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7313644 |
Memory device interface
An interface device provided on a motherboard, or with a memory control chip set, translates between a controller, intended to communicate with a packet based memory system, and a non-packet based...
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7310692 |
Memory card with integral covered second device connector for use with computing devices without a memory card slot
Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns,...
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7284083 |
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...
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7275125 |
Pipeline bit handling circuit and method for a bus bridge
A circuit and method to provide pipeline bit handling across a bus bridge between two different buses. In a preferred embodiment, the pipeline bit handling circuit provides rule enforcement for a...
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7268905 |
Bidirectional pre- and post- processor conduit through a bidirectional printing data stream
A system and method for communicating commands and data to a printer and pre- and post-processors through a link using different protocols. In the exemplary embodiment, UP 3 I finishing...
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7269680 |
System enabling device communication in an expanded computing device
A bridge accessible by a host processor can expand access over a first bus to a second bus. The first bus and the second bus are each adapted to separately connect to respective ones of a plurality...
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7259584 |
Methods and structure for selective impedance control of bus driver circuits
Methods and apparatus for selectively allowing and disallowing changes to an impedance control signal applied to bus driver circuits coupling a device or system to a common, shared bus where...
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7257655 |
Embedded PCI-Express implementation
Methods and apparatus provide PCI Express support on a programmable device. A device includes a hard-coded transceiver that supports functionality associated with the PCI Express physical layer and...
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