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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6609187 | Method and apparatus for supporting resizing of file system partitions One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that supports resizing of file system partitions. The system includes one or more storage devices that are divided into a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition includes a different file s... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6598174 | Method and apparatus for storage unit replacement in non-redundant array A method and apparatus used in a storage network facilitates the protection of data in, and replacement of, storage devices about to fail before the failure happens. In a network that includes a set of storage devices organized as a non-redundant (for exa... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581200 | Abstracting netlist to manage routing information A method of designing an integrated circuit, by generating a first netlist for a first router design tool, abstracting the first netlist to mask selected old routes, and generating a second netlist for a second router design tool using new routing informa... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6571354 | Method and apparatus for storage unit replacement according to array priority A method and apparatus used in a storage network facilitates the protection of data in, and replacement of, storage devices about to fail before the failure happens. In a network that includes a plurality of sets of storage devices which store respective ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564113 | Lot start agent that calculates virtual WIP time in a multi-product and multi-bottleneck manufacturing environment A system and method are provided for calculating virtual WIP time ("VWIP") in a multiple-bottleneck, multi-product manufacturing facility. The system and method provide for calculation of one or more bottleneck VWIP values. Each of the bottleneck VWIP val... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6553408 | Virtual device architecture having memory for storing lists of driver modules A storage server architecture supporting virtual devices and virtual circuits for storing data is provided. The storage server includes a plurality of communication interfaces. A first set of communication interfaces in the plurality is adapted for connec... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550061 | System and method for modifying configuration files in a secured operating system A computer system and method modifies operating system files via a self-deleting background process that downloads to a user's desktop and bypasses operating system securities. The background process modifies operating system files including configuration... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538669 | Graphical user interface for configuration of a storage system A storage server architecture supporting virtual devices and virtual circuits for storing data is provided. The storage server includes a plurality of communication interfaces. A first set of communication interfaces in the plurality is adapted for connec... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532570 | Designing integrated circuits to reduce temperature induced electromigration effects A method of designing an integrated circuit calculates the current density in each metal lead. The method can calculates a mean time to failure for at least one metal lead. Calculation of the mean time to failure can include the current density and the te... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6516449 | Methodology to create integrated circuit designs by replication maintaining isomorphic input output and fault behavior The present invention teaches a method for designing an integrated circuit. The design of the integrated circuit is replicated a number of times. The number of times must be odd. The input signals to the original module are also replicated. The replicated... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6507933 | Automatic defect source classification A method and system for use in wafer fabrication quality control. The method and system make quantitative a qualitative integrated circuit wafer defect signature. In response to the quantitativize wafer fabrication defect signature, the method and system ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6480877 | Orphan computer process identification Minimization of waste of information processing resources by orphan computer processes in an information processing system is provided by: assembling information regarding active computer processes on a computer system; classifying each of the active comp... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6473857 | Centralized boot The present invention provides a method for centralized and managed loading of boot images into one or more processors that are part of a file server for a mass storage system. In a computer system having at least one first controller, at least one input ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467015 | High speed bus interface for non-volatile integrated circuit memory supporting continuous transfer A memory system with non-volatile integrated circuit memory devices including an interface for a high speed bus is described, supporting continuous writes at the bus speed, without the possibility of buffer overrun during most conditions. The system compr... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6466497 | Secondary precharge mechanism for high speed multi-ported register files An electronic circuit has a register connected to a sense amplifier via a bitline (the sense amplifier has a primary precharge circuit), and a secondary precharge circuit also connected to the bitline. For bitlines that are relatively long, the secondary ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6446141 | Storage server system including ranking of data source A storage server comprising: a processing unit, a bus system coupled with the processing unit, including a plurality of slots, slots in the plurality of slots including interfaces to respective data stores; a communication interface; and an operating syst... | 09/03/2002 |
