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EP1324198B1 Processor and method of booting same  
7428644 System and method for selective memory module power management  
A memory module includes a memory hub that monitors utilization of the memory module and directs devices of the memory module to a reduced power state when the module is not being used at a desired...
7418526 Memory hub and method for providing memory sequencing hints  
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub is also coupled to receive a memory packet from a system controller containing a memory hint indicative of...
7415567 Memory hub bypass circuit and method  
A computer system and a method used to access data from a plurality of memory devices with a memory hub. The computer system includes a plurality of memory modules coupled to a memory hub...
7412574 System and method for arbitration of memory responses in a hub-based memory system  
A memory hub module includes a decoder that receives memory requests determines a memory request identifier associated with each memory request. A packet memory receives memory request identifiers...
7412571 Memory arbitration system and method having an arbitration packet protocol  
A memory hub and method for transmitting a read response on a data path of a memory hub interposed between a transmitting memory hub and a receiving memory hub. An arbitration packet including data...
7412566 Memory hub and access method having internal prefetch buffers  
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes history logic that predicts on the basis of read memory requests which addresses in the memory...
7411807 System and method for optically interconnecting memory devices  
A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which memory circuitry has been fabricated. An address converter and a control signal converter are coupled to an address decoder and control...
7409587 Recovering from storage transaction failures using checkpoints  
The disclosed technology facilitates recovery from storage-related failures by checkpointing copy-on-write operation sequences. An operation sequence incorporating such checkpoints into a...
7392331 System and method for transmitting data packets in a computer system having a memory hub architecture  
A system and method for transmitting data packets from a memory hub to a memory controller is disclosed. The system includes an upstream reception port coupled to an upstream link. The upstream...
7389364 Apparatus and method for direct memory access in a hub-based memory system  
A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one...
7386649 Multiple processor system and method including multiple memory hub modules  
A processor-based electronic system includes several memory modules arranged in first and second ranks. The memory modules in the first rank are directly accessed by any of several processors, and...
7382639 System and method for optically interconnecting memory devices  
A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which memory circuitry has been fabricated. An address converter and a control signal converter are coupled to an address decoder and control...
7370134 System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus  
A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also...
7366920 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
System and method for selective memory module power management  
A memory module includes a memory hub that monitors utilization of the memory module and directs devices of the memory module to a reduced power state when the module is not being used at a desired...
7363419 Method and system for terminating write commands in a hub-based memory system  
A memory hub receives downstream memory commands and processes each received downstream memory command to determine whether the memory command includes a write command directed to the memory hub....
7353320 Memory hub and method for memory sequencing  
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics—for example, page hit...
RE40092 Method for quickly booting a computer system  
A method for quickly booting a personal computer system using boot configuration information on memory and the attached devices that was created and saved in a hard disk at the preceding boot...
7310752 System and method for on-board timing margin testing of memory modules  
A memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a memory hub. The memory hub includes several link interfaces coupled to respective processors, several memory controller coupled to...
7310748 Memory hub tester interface and method for use thereof  
A memory hub including a memory test bridge circuit for testing memory devices. Test command packets are coupled from a tester to the memory hub responsive to a test clock signal having a test...
7299346 Method and apparatus to minimize computer apparatus initial program load and exit/shut down processing  
A method to reduce and thereby improve the initial program load time of a computing apparatus operating system and thus provides for near instantaneous user interaction. When practicing the instant...
7296073 Mechanism to survive server failures when using the CIFS protocol  
The invention provides a method and system for re-establishing sessions between a server and its clients following a failure of the server, planned reboot of the server, or takeover by another...
7296008 Generation and use of a time map for accessing a prior image of a storage device  
The invention relates to systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for generating an image of a data store at a past time by using a map (e.g., a time map) of the locations of data stored in...
7289347 System and method for optically interconnecting memory devices  
A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which memory circuitry has been fabricated. An address converter and a control signal converter are coupled to an address decoder and control...
7287133 Systems and methods for providing a modification history for a location within a data store  
A storage management device can receive a request for a modification history for a location within a data store, determine one or more times at which at least a portion of data stored at the...
7282947 Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology  
A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches...
7278060 System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules  
A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving...
7272682 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Memory hub bypass circuit and method  
A computer system and a method used to access data from a plurality of memory devices with a memory hub. The computer system includes a plurality of memory modules coupled to a memory hub...
7272666 Storage management device  
A storage management device includes a plurality of I/O processing modules for accessing units of storage by specifying an address and a time. The I/O processing modules receive I/O requests,...
7266633 System and method for communicating the synchronization status of memory modules during initialization of the memory modules  
A memory system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub. The memory hub controller and the memory hubs each include at least...
7260685 Memory hub and access method having internal prefetch buffers  
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes history logic that predicts on the basis of read memory requests which addresses in the memory...
7257683 Memory arbitration system and method having an arbitration packet protocol  
A memory hub and method for transmitting a read response on a data path of a memory hub interposed between a transmitting memory hub and a receiving memory hub. An arbitration packet including data...
7254331 System and method for multiple bit optical data transmission in memory systems  
The disclosed system and method data increases data transmission speed through a memory system by using optical signals comprising a plurality of wavelengths of light so that each pulse of optical...
7251714 Method and system for capturing and bypassing memory transactions in a hub-based memory system  
A memory hub includes a reception interface that receives data words and captures the data words in response to a first clock signal in a first time domain. The interface also provides groups of...
7249236 Method and system for controlling memory accesses to memory modules having a memory hub architecture  
A computer system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules. The memory hub controller includes a memory request queue that couples memory requests and corresponding...
7245145 Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology  
A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches...
7242213 Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology  
A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches...
7239581 Systems and methods for synchronizing the internal clocks of a plurality of processor modules  
In a multiprocessor system that includes a plurality of processor modules, each one of which includes its own internal clock, one of the plurality of processor modules is designated as a master...
7234070 System and method for using a learning sequence to establish communications on a high-speed nonsynchronous interface in the absence of clock forwarding  
A memory system includes a memory hub controller that sends write data to a plurality of memory modules through a downstream data bus and receives read data from the memory modules through an...
7222213 System and method for communicating the synchronization status of memory modules during initialization of the memory modules  
A memory system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub. The memory hub controller and the memory hubs each include at least...
7222210 System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus  
A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also...
7222197 Apparatus and method for direct memory access in a hub-based memory system  
A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one...
7213082 Memory hub and method for providing memory sequencing hints  
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub is also coupled to receive a memory packet from a system controller containing a memory hint indicative of...
7210059 System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules  
A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving...
7206887 System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus  
A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also...
7200024 System and method for optically interconnecting memory devices  
A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which memory circuitry has been fabricated. An address converter and a control signal converter are coupled to an address decoder and control...
7194593 Memory hub with integrated non-volatile memory  
A memory hub having an integrated non-volatile memory for storing configuration information is provided. The memory hub includes a high-speed interface for receiving memory access requests, a...
7188219 Buffer control system and method for a memory system having outstanding read and write request buffers  
A memory controller and method for managing the issuance of read and write requests to a system memory is provided. The number of outstanding read requests and write requests issued to the system...
7185169 Virtual physical drives  
A system includes a processor, a storage system having one or more physical storage devices, and a controller coupled to the processor and the storage system. The controller maintains a virtual...
7181584 Dynamic command and/or address mirroring system and method for memory modules  
A memory module includes a memory hub that couples signals to memory devices mounted on opposite first and second surfaces of a memory module substrate. The memory devices are mounted in mirrored...
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