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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065457 | Delayed memory access request arbitration A method for delayed memory access request arbitration includes dispatching a first memory access request to a memory controller and dispatching a second memory access request to the memory controller in response to an anticipated completion of a memory access opera... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060679 | Information processing apparatus and access control method capable of high-speed data access Requestors acquire tokens before issuing access requests to a memory controller. The access requests issued are accumulated in a command queue of the memory controller. When the amount of access requests accumulated in the command queue is smaller than or equal to a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041870 | Method and apparatus for dynamically granting access of a shared resource among a plurality of requestors An arbiter in a communication system including a plurality of request shapers in communication with a plurality of requestors. Each request shaper is configured to receive a request for access to a resource of the communication system, initially assign a priority le... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8010725 | Access right managing method for accessing multiple programs Provided is an access right managing method for a resource of a storage system, in which a management computer stores access right definition information of the resource, and resource correspondence information including information on a management program which man... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006016 | Hiding system latencies in a throughput networking systems A method for addressing system latency within a network system which includes providing a network interface and moving data within each of the plurality of memory access channels independently and in parallel to and from a memory system so that one or more of the pl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8006015 | Device and method for managing access requests A device and a method for managing access requests, the method includes: (i) receiving, from a master component coupled to a master bus, multiple access requests to access a slave component over a pipelined slave bus; acknowledging a received access request if: (a) ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001307 | Apparatus and a method to eliminate deadlock in a bi-directionally mirrored data storage system An apparatus and a method to eliminate deadlock in a bi-directionally mirrored data storage system are presented. In some embodiments, a first and a second storage servers have established a mirroring relationship. To prevent deadlock between the storage servers and... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987306 | Hiding system latencies in a throughput networking system A method for addressing system latency within a network system which includes providing a network interface and moving data within each of the plurality of memory access channels independently and in parallel to and from a memory system so that one or more of the pl... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7949812 | Priority arbitration of coexisting wireless topologies A wireless network device includes a first communication module to communicate with at least one of first devices and a second communication module to communicate with at least one of second devices. An arbitration module receives a request for communication from th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941582 | Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications In a device that can execute multiple media applications, but only one at a time, a media server coordinates among applications, but neither the media server nor the individual applications maintain rules regarding all of the different applications. Each connection ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7840737 | Data processor and semiconductor integrated circuits This invention provide a data processor capable of multiplexing data transfers with desired data transfer characteristics guaranteed, without multiplexing buses. The data processor includes: a transfer path that mutually connects plural processors and plural transfe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836235 | Resource management device An access request arbitration section, a data amount management section and a resource control section are provided between a plurality of masters and a shared resource. The data amount management section manages access data amounts passing between the plurality of ... | 11/16/2010 |
| RE41849 | Parallel multi-threaded processing A parallel, multi-threaded processor system and technique for arbitrating command requests is described. The system includes a plurality of microengines, a plurality of shared system resources and a global command arbiter. The global command arbiter uses a command r... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814252 | Asymmetric multiprocessor An asymmetric multiprocessor capable of increasing a degree of freedom of distributed processing, minimizing a processing load on each processor (CPU), and achieving a large reduction in power consumption by reducing an operating frequency or lowering the power supp... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802041 | Information processing apparatus including transfer device for transferring requests According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus has a pair of first system boards, each of the first system boards including a processor and being adapted for sending duplicate requests, in parallel, respectively, a second system board including a processor an... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7779190 | Arbitration device for arbitrating among a plurality of master devices, arbitration method, and video processing device including the arbitration device An arbitration device arbitrates among master devices such that each master device is allowed to access a shared memory at a predetermined bandwidth, and the arbitration device permits an access request in a first period that a designer has set as desired if the acc... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774532 | Processing device, failure recovery method therefor, and failure restoration method A processing device includes a processor which executes first and second pieces of control software in a memory to perform processing, and a device 1 having a plurality of SLOTs 1 to 8 to electrically connect the processor to a plurality of devi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761636 | Method and system for providing access arbitration for an integrated circuit in a wireless device A method for providing access arbitration for an integrated circuit in a wireless device is provided. The method includes receiving a command from a processing element coupled to the integrated circuit. A preempt signal associated with the command is generated. The ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752368 | Interrupt signal processing circuit for sending interrupt requests to a computer system A computer system associated with a plurality of interrupt sources that produce interrupt signals may include interrupt signal processing blocks corresponding to the interrupt sources, respectively. Each of the interrupt processing blocks can include: a counter for ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743191 | On-chip shared memory based device architecture A method and architecture are provided for SOC (System on a Chip) devices for RAID processing, which is commonly referred as RAID-on-a-Chip (ROC). The architecture utilizes a shared memory structure as interconnect mechanism among hardware components, CPUs and softw... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7743190 | Access right managing method for accessing multiple programs Provided is an access right managing method for a resource of a storage system, in which a management computer stores access right definition information of the resource, and resource correspondence information including information on a management program which man... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7725634 | Microprocessor device and related method for a liquid crystal display controller To reduce production cost, the present invention provides a microprocessor device for an LCD controller, which includes a memory, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, a first arbiter and a second arbiter. The memory is utilized for storing data. The fi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725633 | Arbitration device for arbitrating among a plurality of master devices, arbitration method, and video processing device including the arbitration device An arbitration device arbitrates among master devices such that each master device is allowed to access a shared memory at a predetermined bandwidth, and the arbitration device permits an access request in a first period that a designer has set as desired if the acc... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721032 | Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications In a device that can execute multiple media applications, but only one at a time, a media server coordinates among applications, but neither the media server nor the individual applications maintain rules regarding all of the different applications. Each connection ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7694054 | Governing access to a computing resource Technologies are described herein for governing access to a computing resource. A proxy receives a request to access a computing resource. In response to the request, the proxy determines whether the request can be granted without consulting a governor for the compu... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680970 | Method and system for batch process arbitration in a process control system A method and system for equipment arbitration in a process control system are presented. The method and system include receiving a request for a first resource associated with a first area from a first resource user associated with a second area where the first and ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668997 | High speed bus system that incorporates uni-directional point-to-point buses An apparatus comprises a plurality of ports wherein each port is adapted to couple to a device. At least one port connects by way of first and second unidirectional, point-to-point communication links with a device. The first unidirectional, point-to-point communica... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657681 | Arbitration circuit and function processing circuit provided therein In an arbitration circuit in which a shared circuit such as a memory is used exclusively by one of a plurality of functional blocks at a time, an access reservation request is issued from one of the functional blocks, and the access request associated with the acces... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650452 | Method and apparatus for arbitration and fairness on a full-duplex bus using dual phases A method and apparatus for arbitrating on a high performance serial bus is disclosed. The invention provides for a plurality of arbitration phases and an arbitration advancing means. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7650453 | Information processing apparatus having multiple processing units sharing multiple resources A technique for improving usage efficiency of a shared resource and improving processing capacity in an information processing apparatus, without increasing the transmission rate or the bit width of a bus is disclosed. Multiple bus interfaces are connected to at lea... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7624214 | Resource allocation method in a PCA period of MBOA MAC A resource allocation method for performing resource competition between protocols based on a protocol in a home network environment using multiple protocols is provided. In the resource allocation method, a request of using a resource is received from an external d... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7617344 | Methods and apparatus for controlling access to resources in an information processing system Requestors issue access requests to a memory controller. The access requests issued are accumulated in a command queue of the memory controller. When the amount of access requests accumulated in the command queue is smaller than or equal to a threshold, a free pass ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7610424 | Arbitration device for arbitrating among a plurality of master devices, arbitration method, and video processing device including the arbitration device An arbitration device arbitrates among master devices such that each master device is allowed to access a shared memory at a predetermined bandwidth, and the arbitration device permits an access request in a first period that a designer has set as desired if the acc... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600065 | Arbitration scheme for shared memory device For arbitrating access to a shared memory device among a plurality of masters, a master generates a request for access signal that is sent to the arbitrator concurrently with an indispensable command such as an auto-refresh command that is generated in series. The a... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7600064 | System and method for provisioning a remote library for an electronic device The invention provides a system and method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: (a) maintaining a library of resources at a remote server from the device; (b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission t... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7590785 | Systems and methods for multi-tasking, resource sharing, and execution of computer instructions In a multi-tasking pipelined processor, consecutive instructions are executed by different tasks, eliminating the need to purge an instruction execution pipeline of subsequent instructions when a previous instruction cannot be completed. The tasks do not share regis... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7581050 | Information processing apparatus, peripheral apparatus control method, and computer readable medium The present invention provides a peripheral apparatus control method, and an information processing apparatus and control method that can correctly manage and display a status of each individual peripheral apparatus, even when a plurality of peripheral apparatuses i... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7571270 | Monitoring of shared-resource locks in a multi-processor system with locked-resource bits packed into registers to detect starved threads A resource-lock monitor detects when processors in a multi-processor system are stuck waiting for access to a shared resource. A lock-monitor register has a lock bit and a sticky-lock bit for each processor being monitored. The lock and the sticky-lock bits are both... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7529873 | Determination of access rights to information technology resources A system and firewall for controlling access to resources within an information technology system. Commands received from a requesting entity request access to a resource associated with each command. An assigned authority level of the requesting entity is identifie... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7516259 | Combined engine for video and graphics processing The system includes an arbiter, a combined engine, a frame buffer, and a display processing unit. The arbiter provides three input channels: a first channel for graphics, a second channel for video and a third channel for processor. The arbiter performs prioritizati... | 04/07/2009 |
