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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180949 | Resource virtualization switch Methods and apparatus are provided for virtualizing resources including peripheral components and peripheral interfaces. Peripheral component such as hardware accelerators and peripheral interfaces such as port adapters are offloaded from individual servers onto a r... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171199 | Multiprocessor gateway A multiprocessor gateway for multiple serial buses includes: multiple communication modules that are each provided for connection of one serial bus; multiple processors for processing data that are transferred in word-based fashion, via an internal system bus appurt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151029 | Controlling passthrough of communication between multiple buses A demodulator can include first data and clock pads to couple the demodulator to a host device via a first bus, and second data and clock pads to couple the demodulator to a radio frequency (RF) tuner via a second bus. The device may further include passthrough logi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145823 | Parallel wrapped wave-front arbiter Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that schedules the transfer of cells in a switch. The system starts by receiving a set of cells to be transferred from a set of inputs of the switch to a set of outputs of the switch. The system includes S subsch... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145824 | Cell-switched inter-partition communications Pluggable modules communicate via a switch fabric dataplane accessible via a backplane. Various embodiments are comprised of varying numbers and arrangements of the pluggable modules in accordance with a system architecture that provides for provisioning virtual ser... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140734 | Asynchronous/synchronous switching of console devices and peripheral devices A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, is provided comprising a CPU with a first memory for storing a manag... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131909 | System and method of signal processing engines with programmable logic fabric A high performance field programmable gate array is described with one or more signal processing engines coupled to a programmable logic fabric. Each signal processing engine includes a signal processing unit for performing specifying tasks and a bus-based configura... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112572 | Apparatus for swapping high-speed multimedia signals An apparatus for swapping output high-speed multimedia signals. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a plurality of inputs coupled to a multimedia transmitter; a plurality of outputs coupled to a plurality of pins of a multimedia interface connector; and a cont... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8082381 | Connecting a plurality of peripherals In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a corresponding list of muxes is maintained for each combination of a peripheral and a mux option. The list is then retrieved to program the required muxes to connect the communication paths from a peripheral on... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078789 | Serially interfaced random access memory A serially interfaced massively parallel Random Access Memory (RAM) includes a matrix of control logic sections on one integrated circuit die, augmented by a switching matrix with an external interface to multiple high speed serial signaling means. A matrix, of the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065463 | Multi-purpose flight attendant panel A flight attendant panel, in which a plurality of computer units can be coupled to a common input/output device by a circuitry. One of the computer units is designated as the master computer unit and controls the circuitry in order to specify which of the computer u... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065464 | Method for transmitting data from and to a control device A method for transmitting data from and to a control device, in particular an engine control device for a motor vehicle that has a first communication interface and a second communication interface, the method having the following steps: connecting the first communi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051238 | On-chip bus architectures with interconnected switch points, semiconductor devices using the same and methods for communicating data in an on-chip bus architecture An on-chip bus includes a plurality of switch points including first and second switch points, a plurality of inter-switch links including at least one inter-switch link coupled between the first switch point and the second switch point and configured to communicate... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046520 | Compound computer system and method for sharing PCI devices thereof A resource management module of a management server for controlling a multi-root I/O manager connected to a PCI switch for connecting a plurality of I/O devices and a plurality of computers with each other includes: failure handling content information indicating, f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041875 | Resource virtualization switch Methods and apparatus are provided for virtualizing resources including peripheral components and peripheral interfaces. Peripheral component such as hardware accelerators and peripheral interfaces such as port adapters are offloaded from individual servers onto a r... | 10/18/2011 |
| RE42812 | Apparatus for providing I/O support to a computer system and method of use thereof An apparatus for providing I/O support to a computer system and a method of use thereof is disclosed. The apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes an internal control element located within the apparatus. The control element allows the apparatus i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015341 | Communications device and method for configuring a communication port depending on a direction condition of a remote device communicatively coupled to the communications port A communications port is implemented for configuration in direction and arrangement. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a communications link (110), such as a PCI Express type link, is configurable for communicating with devices havi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010732 | Storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules For a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules including a first storage module and a second storage module, the first storage module is provided with a first switch circuit including a plurality of ports and a first circuit connected to any of th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006025 | Architecture for an output buffered switch with input groups Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that transfers data between the components in the computer system through a switch. In these embodiments, the switch includes multiple switch chips which are coupled together and are configured to collectively fu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991941 | Memory access assist A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating access from a control system to the memory of a processor across two buses, one of which acts as a bottleneck to communication between the control system and the processor. A bridge between the two buses acts as a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987313 | Circuit of on-chip network having four-node ring switch structure A hierarchical ring architecture is constructed with on-chip networks. The on-chip network includes two type-0 ring nodes and two type-1 ring nodes. Multiple data transfer is provided in parallel between multiple processor cores or multiple functional units and regi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984228 | Device connection routing for controller Device connection routing for controllers is provided. A computing device is configured with multiple controllers that provide connections for peripheral devices. The controllers enable the peripheral devices to interact with the computing device through a bus. Each... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979621 | Transparent PCI-based multi-host switch A transparent PCI-based multi-host switch. A switch is configured with multiple north facing ports to couple the switch to multiple hosts. The multi-host switch can be included in a variety of switch configurations, including configurations having one multi-host swi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979620 | Method, system and computer program for monitoring activities on computers connected through a hardware switch A technique for monitoring computers connected to a hardware switch. The switch is used to selectively connect a single set of peripheral units to the central unit of a selected one of the computers. In the proposed solution, status information of each non-selected ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970979 | System and method of configurable bus-based dedicated connection circuits A high performance field programmable gate array is described with one or more signal processing engines coupled to a programmable logic fabric. Each signal processing engine includes a signal processing unit for performing specifying tasks and a bus-based configura... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7945722 | Routing data units between different address domains Methods for routing data units and PCI Express switches are disclosed. A plurality of devices may be coupled to a corresponding plurality of physical interfaces, each physical interface having a respective configurable status and a respective address domain, wherein... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934045 | Redundant and fault tolerant control of an I/O enclosure by multiple hosts An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reliably controlling an I/O enclosure. A bus module receives two or more Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (“PCIe”) sideband signals via one or more PCIe cables. The one or more PCIe cables are connected... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930463 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus for communicating with an external apparatus via a predetermined communication interface including a data signal line and an insertion/removal signal line is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processing uni... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925815 | Modifications to increase computer system security Methods and systems for processing more securely. More specifically, embodiments provide effective and efficient mechanisms for reducing APIC interference with accesses to SMRAM, where processor and/or northbridge modifications implementing these mechanisms effectiv... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925817 | Computer system and method for monitoring an access path A computer system includes I/O devices coupled to PCI switches coupled via interfaces of a plurality of servers, and a management block for managing configurations of the PCI switches. The management block is configured to: set, to the PCI switch, a first access pat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925816 | Architecture for an output buffered switch with input groups Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that transfers data between the components in the computer system through a switch. In these embodiments, the switch includes multiple switch chips which are coupled together and are configured to collectively fu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913027 | Configurable storage array controller A configurable storage array controller can be configured to either a single-processor configuration or a multi-processor configuration by configuring a data bus switch system. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904633 | Switch providing external access to computer-system components and computer-system peripherals Embodiments of the present invention include a switch component, incorporated within a computer system, that receives switch commands from users and that controls internal switches to direct output to, and receive input from, either components of the computer system... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904632 | Connection device for selecting an optimum receiver A connection device for selecting an optimum receiver includes a single first port, in which a transmitter is connected via a bidirectional type cable, and a plurality of second ports, in which a plurality of receivers are connected via respective bidirectional type... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895387 | Devices and methods for sharing common target device with two different hosts according to common communication protocol A controller circuit provides communication paths between multiple host devices and a target device. The controller circuit includes a first host idle detection circuit that determines when a first host interface (I/F) is in an idle state, an idle state being when t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895388 | Bus control device A bus control device includes a multiplexer which connects a ROM controller to a common bus when a ROM mode is set and which connects a PCI controller to the common bus when a PCI mode is set. The bus control unit further includes a bus switch which disconnects a PC... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886106 | USB sharing switch with automatic switching capabilities A USB printer sharing switch device with automatic switching capabilities is provided for multiple computers to share a USB printer. The sharing switch device transfers USB data between the computers and the printer without changing the data format. The automatic sw... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882298 | Method for transmitting data from and to a control device A method for transmitting data from and to a control device, in particular an engine control device for a motor vehicle that has a first communication interface and a second communication interface , the method having the following steps: connecting the first commun... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865655 | Extended blade server The present invention relates to the field of communications, in particular, to a server for solving the problem related to the incompatibility between normal blades and multi-processing blades in a conventional server. The server according to an embodiment of the i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7840743 | Double network physical isolation circuit A double network physical isolation circuit includes a north bridge chip, a bus switch circuit, a first memory, and a second memory. The bus switch circuit includes a first and a second bus switch chip. The first and second memories are connected to different networ... | 11/23/2010 |
