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7603493 Dynamically setting burst length of memory device by applying signal to at least one external pin during a read or write transaction  
One or more external control pins and/or addressing pins on a memory device are used to set one or both of a burst length and burst type of the memory device.
7596639 Skip mask table automated context generation  
Skip logic is provided in a storage controller that informs a direct memory access (DMA) context list manager of consecutive ones and zeroes in a skip mask table. The DMA context list manager then...
7587535 Data transfer control device including endian conversion circuit with data realignment  
When data is transferred to an access destination in a different endian format, a transfer start address is aligned based on a transfer bus width, and a transfer size is adjusted according to the...
7587529 Method for controlling memory in mobile communication system  
Disclosed is a method for controlling a memory in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving certain frame control information by a Data Receiver Block (DRB) from a MAP decoder,...
7584308 System for supporting partial cache line write operations to a memory module to reduce write data traffic on a memory channel  
A memory system is provided that supports partial cache line write operations to a memory module to reduce write data traffic on a memory channel. The memory system comprises a memory hub device...
7555576 Processing apparatus with burst read write operations  
A digital signal processing system comprises a programmable processor (PROC) and a peripheral device (PD, MEM) coupled to the programmable processor via a burst generation device (BG). The...
7543093 Method and system for stream burst data transfer  
The method and system for data transfer between the master device and the slave device through the bus are presented. It includes arbitrating the requests of bus usage from the master device; the...
7543088 Various methods and apparatuses for width and burst conversion  
Methods and apparatuses are described for a communication system. The communication system comprises an initiator core supporting a first burst capability as well as a target core supporting a...
7543087 Freeing transmit memory on a network interface device prior to receiving an acknowledgement that transmit data has been received by a remote device  
A transmit offload engine (TOE) such as an intelligent network interface device (INIC), video controller or host bus adapter (HBA) that can communicate data over transport protocols such as...
7539783 Systems and methods of media management, such as management of media to and from a media storage library, including removable media  
A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media...
7533322 Method and system for performing function-specific memory checks within a vehicle-based control system  
Integrity of data stored in a memory space associated with a vehicle-based control system (such as a traction enhancement system) is verified through the use of sub-module checksums. A checksum for...
7526593 Packet combiner for a packetized bus with dynamic holdoff time  
Multiple data transfer requests can be merged and transmitted as a single packet on a packetized bus such as a PCI Express (PCI-E) bus. In one embodiment, requests are combined if they are directed...
7523230 Device and method for maximizing performance on a memory interface with a variable number of channels  
The present invention includes a method and device for controlling the data length of read and write operations performed on a memory device. The method includes determining a first number of...
7502873 Facilitating access to status and measurement data associated with input/output processing  
Input/output processing is facilitated by readily enabling access to information associated with input/output processing. This information includes status information and measurement data provided...
7500023 Facilitating input/output processing by using transport control words to reduce input/output communications  
Input/output processing is facilitated by reducing communications between input/output communications adapters and control units during input/output processing. The number of exchanges and...
7475168 Various methods and apparatus for width and burst conversion  
Methods and apparatuses are described for a communication system. The communication system may include one or more initiator agents, where each agent couples to its own Intellectual Property core....
7461183 Method of processing a context for execution  
A method and apparatus in a data controller in a storage drive for retrieving, evaluating, and processing a context that describes a direct memory access (DMA) request. The data controller includes...
7434009 Apparatus and method for providing information to a cache module using fetch bursts  
Apparatus and method for providing information to a cache module, the apparatus includes: (i) at least one processor, connected to the cache module, for initiating a first and second requests to...
7418535 Bus system and method of arbitrating the same  
A bus system, which may prevent data from being incorrectly transferred when an early termination occurs during a burst mode, may include a bus, for example, an advanced high-performance bus (AHB),...
7409471 Data transfer control device for data transfer over a bus, electronic equipment and method for data transfer over a bus  
When a first mode (with-SOF mode) has been set, data transfer is performed while SOF packets are transferred at frame periods, and when a second mode (non-SOF mode) has been set and also...
7404017 Method for managing data flow through a processing system  
A method, apparatus and program storage device for managing dataflow through a processing system is disclosed. A buffer monitor maintains and monitors a buffer full threshold to control the write...
7398335 Method and system for DMA optimization in host bus adapters  
Method and system for optimizing DMA request processing is provided. The system includes a HBA that uses a dynamic DMA maximum write burst count sizing to optimize processing of write and read...
7392329 System and method for applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices  
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The...
7380027 DMA controller and DMA transfer method  
A DMA channel data quantity setting section sets a data transfer quantity of each of a plurality of DMA channels in accordance with a data quantity or a ratio in advance. A channel select control...
7376777 Performing an N-bit write access to an M×N-bit-only peripheral  
A system-on-chip ( 100 ) includes a 16-bit DSP ( 102 ), a 16-bit data bus ( 202 ) coupled to the DSP, at least one 32-bit-only peripheral ( 110 ), a 32-bit data bus ( 212 ) coupled to the...
7376763 Method for transferring data from a memory subsystem to a network adapter by extending data lengths to improve the memory subsystem and PCI bus efficiency  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transferring data from a memory to a network adapter in a data processing system. The frame size for a transfer of the data from the memory to the...
RE40261 Apparatus and method of partially transferring data through bus and bus master control device  
A method of transferring data through a bus includes the steps of: occupying the bus by a first device serving as a bus master; transferring a first predetermined number of data items of all data...
7334081 System and method for optimizing sequential XOR command performance  
An RPO algorithm in a HDD coalesces LBA-sequential XOR commands in pipes, and passes the pipes to a lower level execution engine. The execution engine executes XOR reads and write separately to...
7334061 Burst-capable interface buses for device-to-device communications  
Disclosed are interface buses that facilitate communications among two or more electronic devices in standard mode and burst mode, and bus bridges from such buses to a memory unit of such a device....
7334060 System and method for increasing the speed of serially inputting data into a JTAG-compliant device  
A JTAG-compliant device is configured to receive data through the control (TMS) line in addition to being configured to receive data through the input (TDI) line. A burst-write instruction is made...
7334059 Multiple burst protocol device controller  
Multiple burst memory access handling protocols may be implemented at the hardware level or evaluated and selected during design of the hardware. The appropriate burst protocol may be selectable...
7330917 Decimation of fixed length queues having a number of position for holding data wherein new data is favored over old data  
Decimation of data from a fixed length queue retaining a representative sample of the old data. Exponential decimation removes every nth sample. Dithered exponential decimation offsets the...
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...
7310717 Data transfer control unit with selectable transfer unit size  
A data processor including a central processing unit and a data transfer control unit is disclosed. The data transfer control unit has an address register for storing a transfer address. The data...
7301954 Multiple-buffer queueing of data packets with high throughput rate  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to buffer data. A buffer memory of a first type stores data associated with a connection identifier corresponding to a channel in a network. The data...
7290066 Methods and structure for improved transfer rate performance in a SAS wide port environment  
Methods and associated structure for utilizing multiple ports or PHYs comprising a SAS wide port to improve transmission bandwidth utilization for a single large I/O request. In one aspect hereof,...
7280539 Data driven type information processing apparatus  
In order to perform functional packet copying to read a large amount of data of an unspecified length from a memory at high speed and to prevent the packet copying operation from affecting other...
7275119 Early detection and grant, an arbitration scheme for single transfers on AMBA advanced high-performance bus  
A bus architecture includes master devices that are each capable of initiating a data transfer procedure by generating a bus request signal. Each of the master devices is arranged to transmit an...
7272070 Memory access using multiple activated memory cell rows  
For one or more disclosed embodiments, a plurality of rows of memory cells in a memory bank are activated, and a column of memory cells in the memory bank is selected to select memory cells common...
7254658 Write transaction interleaving  
A bus master 2, 4 sends write transactions to a bus slave 8 which include separate write addresses AW and write data WD. Write transaction identifiers AWID, WID are associated with these write...
7251192 Register read for volatile memory  
Data not stored in the DRAM array of a SDRAM module is read from the SDRAM module in a synchronous data transfer. The data transfer, referred to as register read command/operation, resembles a read...
7200690 Memory access system providing increased throughput rates when accessing large volumes of data by determining worse case throughput rate delays  
Enhancing the throughput rate of a memory access system by using store and forward buffers (SFB) in combination with a DMA engine. According to an aspect of the present invention, the worst case...
7191162 FIFO interface for flag-initiated DMA frame synchro-burst operation  
The invention describes a modification of FIFO hardware to allow improved use of FIFOs for burst reading from or writing to a processor direct memory access unit via either an expansion bus or an...
7188197 Data transferring apparatus for transferring liquid ejection data and a liquid ejecting apparatus  
A data transferring apparatus for transferring liquid ejection data has a decoding unit having a decode circuit, which can perform hardware development on liquid ejection data, a line buffer for...
7185173 Column address path circuit and method for memory devices having a burst access mode  
Column addresses are generated by a burst controller that includes respective latches for the three low-order bits of a column address. The two higher order bits of the latched address bits and...
7167932 System and method for DMA data transferring apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus  
Compressed recording data is DMA-transferred to a receiving buffer unit via a system bus one word each. It is DMA-transferred from the receiving buffer unit to a DECU via the system bus. It is...
7165129 Method and apparatus for self-tuning transaction batching  
In a transaction system, a dynamic batching process enables efficient flushing of data in a data buffer to a stable storage device. The transaction system uses constant values and dynamic values...
7162550 Method, system, and program for managing requests to an Input/Output device  
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing requests to an Input/Output (I/O) device. The I/O requests directed to the I/O device are queued and a determination is made as to whether a...
7155541 Tables with direct memory access descriptor lists for distributed direct memory access  
A direct memory access (DMA) descriptor table to control DMA of information in a memory is disclosed. The DMA descriptor table includes one or more DMA descriptor lists stored in the memory. Each...
7149824 Dynamically setting burst length of memory device by applying signal to at least one external pin during a read or write transaction  
One or more external control pins and/or addressing pins on a memory device are used to set one or both of a burst length and burst type of the memory device.
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