Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 02/06

20060041689 - Data transfer control system, electronic apparatus and program: A data transfer control system for controlling data transfer between a first electronic apparatus coupled to a first bus and a device coupled to a second bus including a coupling control unit that issues an instruction to execute attachment to the first bus before power supply to the device is...

20060041690 - Software communication between mpeg layer and servo layer: The present invention discloses a multi-layer software architecture which includes a MPEG application, a plurality of message queues, and a servo software. An optical disc reader is controlled and directed by the servo software in order to read the information on the optical disc. Both the MPEG application and the...

20060041691 - Circuit and method to provide configuration of serial ata queue depth versus number of devices: Disclosed is a system using a SAS host controller and SAS expanders to control multiple SATA end devices where the memory contained on the SAS host controller is fixed to ease the cost and power consumption of the SAS host controller device, but where there is an expanded ability to...

20060041692 - Data processing appratus with address redirection in response to periodic address patterns: A processing system comprises a detection unit which detects repetitions of periods of access address patterns output from at least one of a plurality of processing units. The interface switches selectable connections between the data input and/or outputs of the processing units and the data input and/or outputs of selectable...

20060041693 - Asynchronous decoupler: A decoupler that allows for asynchronous communication between two synchronous IP cores. The decoupler reduces or eliminates the need for distribution and balancing of the clock. More specifically, the decoupler provides the ability to decouple an IP core from the interconnect clock domain, thereby reducing the need for clock balancing....

20060041694 - Test apparatus, configuration method, and device interface: A test apparatus includes a bus switch unit capable of switching the output ports to select which of the output ports an input signal is output from, a control unit for inputting a plurality of control signals, according to a test program for testing the electronic device, to the bus...

20060041695 - Display apparatus whose signal processing unit is separated: The present invention relates to a flap type display apparatus, and particularly to a display apparatus in which an image display unit such as a LCD panel, and a diving circuit, i.e., a signal processing unit for controlling the image display unit, are separated each other. A display apparatus whose...

20060041697 - Data processing apparatus and method for transmitting data in a data processing apparatus: A data processing apparatus and method for transmitting data in a data processing apparatus are provided. A data processing apparatus provided has a data input for receiving data, a processor for processing the data with an input, a data supply suppression unit which is connected between the data input and...

20060041696 - Methods and apparatuses for the physical layer initialization of a link-based system interconnect: Embodiments of the invention provide a state machine for initializing the physical layer of a point-to-point link-based interconnection. Embodiments of the invention use explicit handshakes between the interconnected agent to advance states and provide a variety of optional features for flexibility and efficiency....

20060041698 - Reducing information reception delays: A technique for reducing information reception delays is provided. The technique reduces delays that may be caused by protocols that guarantee order and delivery, such as TCP/IP. The technique creates multiple connections between a sender and recipient computing devices and sends messages from the sender to the recipient on the...

20060041699 - Systems and methods for target mode connection management in sas connections: Methods and structures for managing connection requests within a SAS controller operating as a target device. A SAS target device maintains a table of information regarding known SAS initiator devices in the SAS domain. An index value is supplied in transport layer requests and used by each of a plurality...

20060041700 - System controller, control system, and system control method: The present invention is carried out to provide a system controller, a control system and a system control method which are inexpensive, highly stable, capable of storing all information and past record at a time when one of the devices is down and capable of switching the devices without any...

20060041703 - Computer systems with multiple system configurations: A module with a first Northbridge area comprising a first CPU, a first system memory, a first accelerated graphics port and a first Northbridge is provided. A motherboard with a Southbridge and a second Northbridge area comprising a second CPU, a second system memory, a second accelerated graphics port and...

20060041702 - Controller apparatus and method for improved data transfer: Embodiments of the invention include a controller apparatus, system and method for transferring data between data storage devices within a computer system. The inventive controller apparatus includes device interface logic for connecting the controller to a plurality of data storage devices, e.g., a hard disk device and a CD-RW device,...

20060041701 - Method and device for adjusting lane ordering of peripheral component interconnect express: A method for adjusting the PCI Express lane ordering is disclosed, comprising the following steps. The first packet associated with a first PCI Express lane ordering is sent to the peripheral device. The peripheral device replies the second packet associated with the second PCI Express lane ordering. Whether the PCI...

20060041704 - Dual port memory with asymmetric inputs and outputs, device, system and method: An asymmetric memory interface including an asymmetric read data interface having a read bus width configured to transfer data from a memory device to a memory controller. The asymmetric memory interface further includes an asymmetric write data interface having a write bus width configured to transfer data from the memory...

20060041705 - System and method for arbitration between shared peripheral core devices in system on chip architectures: A system for implementing arbitration between one or more shared peripheral core devices in system on chip (SOC) integrated circuit architecture includes a first microprocessor in communication with a first system bus, and a second microprocessor in communication with a second system bus. At least one peripheral core device is...

20060041706 - Apparatus and related method for maintaining read caching data of south bridge with north bridge: A computer system has a central processing unit, a north bridge electrically connected to the central processing unit, memory electrically connected to the north bridge, a south bridge electrically connected to the north bridge, and a peripheral device electrically connected to the south bridge. The south bridge includes a register...

20060041707 - Computer systems with multiple cpu configuration: A method and device providing multiple CPU configuration of a computer system are disclosed. A motherboard supporting the device is also provided. When a module with a first CPU is not connected to the motherboard via an expansion connector, a second CPU is connected with the system logic unit, and...

20060036775 - Apparatus and methods for video graphics array (vga) virtualization in system exploiting multiple operating systems: An operating system is prohibited from accessing a video graphics array (VGA) controller. An attempt by the operating system to program the VGA controller to operate in a transparent plane configuration is interrupted, the transparent plane configuration including a specification that a block of image data is to be transferred...

20060036776 - I/o descriptor cache for bus mastering i/o controllers: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that includes an I/O descriptor cache that is accessed by a bus mastering I/O controller. The I/O descriptor cache stores descriptors that describe data to be transferred during corresponding I/O operations. The system also includes an I/O controller configured to control...

20060036777 - Storage system, and method for controlling the same: Disclosed is a method A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer; a first storage controller connected communicably to the host computer, for receiving a data frame transmitted from the host computer and executing data input to and data output from a first storage device in response...

20060036779 - Method and control system for controlling a plurality of function blocks: Provided is a control system for controlling a plurality of function blocks. The control system includes a plurality of function blocks each including at least one function register; a central processing unit outputting a setting command to set a function register value of at least one of the plurality of...

20060036778 - Method of setting communication parameter between host system and peripheral device: A method of setting a communication parameter between a host system and a peripheral device, including: preparing a plurality of tables each having a communication parameter suitable for each of plural possible physical connection states between the host system and the peripheral device; and selecting, when the host system communicates...

20060036781 - Deterring theft and unauthorized use of electronic devices: A system and method are provided for reducing a potential thief's motivation to steal an electronic device, by rendering the device inoperative at some time after it is stolen. The mechanism used to deter theft may include a modified primary integrated circuit chip in the electronic device, such as the...

20060036780 - Extended usb protocol: An extension to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) protocol that utilizes reserved bits in the OHCI Endpoint Descriptors to signal which root hub port(s) should transmit the data. Typically, all ports transmit (broadcast) data. The present invention encodes transmission information that can be used by the hardware to effectively control...

20060036782 - Method, system, and program for managing path groups to an input/output (i/o) device: Provided are a method, system, and program for managing path groups to an Input/Output (I/O) device. Indication is made of a connection path on which a processing system initially communicated an establish request to establish a connection with an I/O device, wherein attention that the processing system may own a...

20060036783 - Method and apparatus for content presentation: The invention relates to a system for content presentation of content signals such as video signals. A content presentation apparatus comprises a content signal receiver (201) receiving a content signal from a content source (203). The signal is stored in a memory (205). The memory is connected to a content...

20060036786 - Logical remapping of storage devices: A plurality of storage device communication protocols, used by a corresponding plurality of storage devices, are translated to a single network protocol via an interface in communication with the storage devices. Information is communicated between the plurality of storage devices using the corresponding plurality of communication protocols and an external...

20060036785 - Media broadcasting device having usb slot: A media-broadcasting device having USB slots is described. The media-broadcasting device connects to a USB-based memory device through the USB slot and has a main controller connected to the memory device through the USB slot for access to digital data stored in the memory device, an interior memory buffer connected...

20060036784 - Mobile image retrieving and storing device: A mobile image retrieving and storing device mainly comprises a USB hub circuit with a plurality of USB transferring interface units inside and a flash memory circuit with a USB transferring unit therein. The flash memory circuit is connected to the USB hub circuit and a digital camera circuit by...

20060036787 - Optical drive controller with a host interface for direct connection to an ide/ata data bus: A compact disk drive controller to control the access of information from an optical compact disk (CD) digital data storage device by a host computer using an integrated drive electronics (IDE) data bus or an industry standard architecture (ISA) data bus is disclosed. A digital signal processor (DSP) interface to...

20060036788 - Hdmi cable interface: A method and apparatus for transmitting an HDMI signal to a remote location. The method splits the signal into a multitude of signals that are transmitted down cables. The split signals are collected into a single signal at the receiving end at the remote location. An apparatus for splitting the...

20060036789 - Method to switch the lock-bits combination used to lock a page table entry upon receiving system reset exceptions: A method, system, and computer instructions for changing the lock-bits combination used to lock a resource upon receiving a system reset exception. The present invention forces the software to use different lock-bits combinations based on the number of occurrences of system reset exceptions. When a system reset exception is received,...

20060036790 - Method, system, and program for returning attention to a processing system requesting a lock: Provided are method, system, and program for returning attention to a processing system requesting a lock. A lock request for a resource is received from the processing system. Indication is made of a connection path on which the processing system initially communicated an establish request to establish a connection. Attention...

20060036791 - Chipset support for managing hardware interrupts in a virtual machine system: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a set of multiplex blocks coupled with an interrupt controller and multiple interrupt request lines, and a virtual machine monitor block (VMM) coupled to the set of multiplex blocks. Each multiplex block corresponds to a distinct interrupt request line. Each multiplex block is to...

20060036792 - Method of reducing interrupts in a processor: Reducing interrupts includes setting the priority of a plurality of interrupts according to the properties of the plurality of interrupts, combining at least one of the plurality of interrupts and an interrupt of highest priority into an interrupt group according to executable time of the interrupts, and a processor continuously...

20060036793 - Stacked 3u payload module unit: A stacked 3U payload module unit (207) includes a base module (220), where the base module has a 3U form factor (229), and where the base module is coupled to directly communicate with a switched fabric (106) on a backplane (104) of a computer chassis (112), where the backplane comprises...

20060036794 - 3u hot-swappable power module and method: A hot-swappable power module (414) includes a power supply (540) and a switched fabric connector (527) coupled to communicatively interface with a switched fabric (406), where the switched fabric operates concurrently with a VMEbus network (408) on a backplane (404) of a computer chassis (412), where the hot-swappable power module...

20060036795 - Method and system for monitoring and transmitting utility status via universal communications interface: A method and system for monitoring utility meter status, and transmitting a status message via an output device connected to a universal communications interface in the event that the utility meter status meets a predetermined condition. Typically, the predetermined condition is a power loss, signified by a drop in voltage...

20060036796 - Method and apparatus for setting a primary port on a pci bridge: An apparatus and a method for setting a primary port on a PCI multi-port bridge. More specifically, there is provided a method that comprises detecting a configuration signal at the PCI multi-port bridge and automatically setting the primary port on the PCI multi-port bridge based on the configuration signal. A...

20060036797 - Multimedia interface device, information processing method corresponding information carrier and computer program: A multimedia interface device for the transfer of information in a communications network comprises: at least two connection means to which, respectively, at least two sending devices can get connected by means respectively of two communications links compliant respectively with two protocols; means of connection to a single remote switching...

20060031594 - Failover and data migration using data replication: A virtual volume module in a host system provides virtual volume view to user-level and system-level applications executing on the host system. The virtual volume module maps I/O from the applications which are directed to a virtual volume to a first physical volume in a first storage system. When necessary,...

20060031595 - Process for automatic dynamic reloading of data flow processors (dfps) and units with two- or three-dimensional programmable cell architectures (fpgas, dpgas, and the like: In a data-processing method, first result data may be obtained using a plurality of configurable coarse-granular elements, the first result data may be written into a memory that includes spatially separate first and second memory areas and that is connected via a bus to the plurality of configurable coarse-granular elements,...

20060031596 - Method and apparatus for providing an alternate route to system memory: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for routing data in a data processing system. Registers in a processor in the data processing system are configured to route memory requests to a local input/output controller rather than a local memory controller in the data processing system. Responsive to receiving the memory...

20060031597 - Bluetooth device with user-reconfigurable device name: A Bluetooth device includes a processing unit and a memory unit. The memory unit has a default device name stored therein, and stores program instructions for configuring the processing unit to perform a method for reconfiguring the default device name of the Bluetooth device. The method includes, in response to...

20060031598 - Method and apparatus for discovering hardware in a data processing system: A method, apparatus and computer instructions for discovering hardware nodes having a hierarchical organization. A subset of the hardware nodes in the data processing system is initialized prior to loading an operating system supporting parallel threads. In response to loading the operating system, thread for each hardware node discovered below...

20060031599 - Shared led control within a storage enclosure via modulation of a single led control signal: An indicator light, such as an LED, for a computer disk drive module is controlled via an external controller. The disk drive module monitors a disk drive and determines a desired state of the LED, such as on, off or flashing, to indicate a status of the disk drive. The...

20060031601 - Apparatus and method to convert data payloads from a first sector format to a second sector format: The method forms a plurality of DMA data payloads each comprising a plurality of first sectors, and sends to a sector format conversion device one or more of those DMA data payloads. The method then overlays the (i)th DMA data payload onto part or all of a plurality of second...

20060031604 - Dma transfer apparatus and method of controlling data transfer: A direct-memory-access transfer apparatus includes an information reading unit that reads transfer-count information from a memory before starting data transfer prior to transferring data stored in the memory; a data transferring unit that transfers the data stored in the memory; and a transfer controlling unit that controls, when the information...

20060031600 - Method of processing a context for execution: The present invention is 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 a buffer for storing data transferred in response to execution of a direct memory access...

20060031603 - Multi-threaded/multi-issue dma engine data transfer system: A multi-threaded DMA engine data transfer system for a data processing system and a method for transferring data in a data processing system. The DMA Engine data transfer system has at least one frame buffer for storing data transmitted or received over an interface. A multi-threaded DMA engine generates a...

20060031602 - Scalable architecture for context execution: System, apparatus and method for controlling the movement of data in a data processing system. The apparatus receives commands from at least one protocol engine and generates contexts representing the commands. The contexts are a data structure representing information for programming data transfers pursuant to the commands. Instruction requests based...

20060031605 - Apparatus, system, and method for distributed management in a storage system: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for distributed management in a storage system. The invention distributes increasingly complex storage management tasks to a message management module, a drive management module, a cache management module, and an interface management module to control operations of one or more storage devices, without...

20060031606 - Disk-array device: A disk-array device includes an information managing database for acquiring link information among a server device, a switch device, and a storage device via the switch device so as to manage the link information in a combined manner, and a collection/analysis unit for retrieving and collecting desired combined information of...

20060031607 - Systems and methods for managing input ring buffer: Systems and methods for managing input ring buffer data transfers are described. In one aspect, a set of data packets from an output ring buffer (ORB) are sent to a codec. Information associated with the data packets is provided by a device driver. The data packets are stored in the...

20060031608 - System and method for transmitting bidirectional signals over a cable antenna: A method and system for data wireless systems on computers, for using the same cable to bi-directionally transmit antenna signals as well as other signals to and from the inside of a shielded computer housing. An example of a control signal is a connect signal for establishing initial contact between...

20060031609 - Usb device with pictbridge capability: A diagnostic tool includes a USB device connector and a processor. The processor allows a user to select a type of device under test that is to be tested. The processor has the ability to test PictBridge functionality of a host USB. The types of device under test selectable by...

20060031610 - Fifo sub-system with in-line correction: A flow-based FIFO sub-system for a disk formatter in a data processing system that performs data width conversion. The sub-system has a first FIFO unit having a first width interfacing to a first bursting channel, and a second FIFO unit having a second width interfacing to a second bursting channel,...

20060031611 - Digital video signal interface module: A digital video signal interface module that can suppress an increase in connection losses while allowing transmission of high-resolution digital images and requires less space on the backside is provided. The module includes (1) a transmission side interface unit that has an EO converter that converts digital video signals to...

20060031612 - Methods and structure for assuring correct data order in sata transmissions over a sas wide port: Methods and associated structure to assure correct order in delivery of SATA frames over a SAS wide port. In one aspect hereof, new connection requests from a SATA device are rejected until prior frames residing in receive buffers of the SAS/SATA controller are properly processed. In another aspect, when a...

20060031613 - Display replicate construct applied in portable information device: A display replicate construct applied in portable information device discloses that the internal or external of an information device is installed with a connector to expand the display efficiency of the display module in the information device internally or externally. Therefore, the information device with low resolution display processing device...

20060031614 - Bus switch circuit and bus switch system: A bus switch circuit having plural master side interface circuits inputting/outputting signals for plural bus masters respectively, and one or plural slave side interface circuit(s) inputting/outputting signals for one or plural bus slave(s), is provided. The master side interface circuit and the slave side interface circuit input an interrupt signal...

20060031615 - Performing arbitration in a data processing apparatus: A data processing apparatus and method of arbitration within such a data processing apparatus are provided for arbitrating between a plurality of transfers to be routed over a corresponding plurality of paths provided by an interconnect circuit of that data processing apparatus. The plurality of paths include a shared connection,...

20060031616 - Wireless transmission multimedia device: A wireless transmission multimedia device includes a peripheral component unit, a processor, a controller, an ultra-wideband (UWB) controller and a decoder. The processor is electrically connected to the peripheral component unit for executing an instruction from the peripheral component unit. The controller is electrically connected to the processor, and issues...

20060031617 - Portable computing device-integrated appliance: In accordance with one aspect, a portable computing device determines a type of an appliance in which the portable computing device is docked. The portable computing device identifies, based on the type of the appliance, a user interface configuration for the portable computing device, and configures the user interface of...

20060031619 - Asynchronous system bus adapter for a computer system having a hierarchical bus structure: A computer system having a hierarchical bus structure that allows decoupling of a local bus from a global bus thereof. Decoupling of the local bus is achieved through use of an asynchronous system bus adapter which includes a local bus adapter for handling transactions, initiated by a system device coupled...

20060031621 - High speed peripheral interconnect apparatus, method and system: A multiple use core logic chip set is provided in a computer system that may be configured either as a bridge between an accelerated graphics port (“AGP”) bus and host and memory buses, as a bridge between an additional registered peripheral component interconnect (“RegPCI”) bus and the host and memory...

20060031620 - Memory controller with a plurality of parallel transfer blocks: The invention relates to a memory controller for the exchange of data between a digital memory arrangement (RAMs) and a data processing device, comprising a distributor circuit, to be connected to the data processing device, and a plurality m≧2 of parallel transfer blocks, each of which is constructed for transmitting...

20060031618 - Single wire and three wire bus interoperability: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need for interoperability between existing serial bus interfaces and a single wire bus interface. In one aspect, the output or outputs of a three wire interface are selected in a first mode and the output of one or more single wire interfaces are selected in...

20060031622 - Software transparent expansion of the number of fabrics coupling multiple processsing nodes of a computer system: The number of fabrics coupling a plurality of processing nodes of a computer system is expanded from a first fabric and second fabric known to the I/O services layer residing at each processing nodes to a first and second plurality of fabrics. A current mapping is maintained at each of...

20060031624 - Ieee 1394-adopted host device and control method thereof: Disclosed are a host device and a control method thereof. The host device includes an IEEE 1394 interface for connecting the slave devices, an input device for inputting display-device-list command for the connected slave devices, a device list manager for sorting slave devices according to the predetermined criterion of the...

20060031623 - Usb device set: A USB device set includes a first USB device, which is operable both as a host device and as a peripheral device; and a second USB device, which is operable both as a host device, and as a peripheral device. Each of the first and second USB devices includes: a...

20060031625 - Hybrid switching architecture: A hybrid switching module includes a hybrid switching module processor data channel; a hybrid switching module main data channel; an input/output link data channel; a switch coupled to the hybrid switching module processor data channel; and a bridge coupled to the hybrid switching module main data channel; wherein the switch...

20060026305 - Method and system for device recruitment interoperability and assembling unified interoperating device constellation: System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or...

20060026304 - System and method for updating software in electronic devices: A system and method for communicating with one or more software-controlled devices....

20060026306 - Multi function device: A multi function device includes a main board configured to control functions corresponding to a model of the multi function device and a sub board configured to be connected with the main board. The sub board carries out peripheral control corresponding to the model of the multi function device. Main...

20060026310 - Computer system having an i/o module directly connected to a main storage for dma transfer: A computer system includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a main storage interconnected by a bus to the CPU. The I/O module for transferring received data and data to be transmitted to and from an external unit is directly connected to the main storage, which stores the received data...

20060026308 - Dmac issue mechanism via streaming id method: An apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided for executing Direct Memory Access (DMA) commands. A physical queue is divided into a number of virtual queues by software based on the command type, such as processor to processor, processor to Input/Output (I/O) devices, and processor to external or...

20060026309 - Memory barriers primitives in an asymmetric heterogeneous multiprocessor environment: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating memory barriers in a Direct Memory Access (DMA) device. A memory barrier command is received and a memory command is received. The memory command is executed based on the memory barrier command. A bus operation is initiated based on the...

20060026307 - Method for direct memory access, related architecture and computer program product: A method of exchanging data within a direct memory access (DMA) arrangement including a plurality of IP blocks (A, B, C) includes the step of associating with the IP blocks (A, B, C) respective DMA modules (IDMA A. IDMA B, IDMA C) each DMA module including an input buffer (11A,...

20060026311 - Procedure for programming a dma controller in a system on a chip and associated system on a chip: A procedure is provided for programming a DMA controller of a system on a chip that includes a CPU, an MMU, a DMA controller including source, destination, and size registers, and entities that are each identified by a physical address and addressable by applying that physical address to the address...

20060026312 - Emulating a direct memory access controller: An electronic device comprising a first processor adapted to process software instructions from a memory, and a second processor coupled to the first processor. The second processor is adapted to interrupt the first processor and to use the first processor as a direct memory access (DMA) controller. The second processor...

20060026313 - Transmission of generic digital messages through a microprocessor montoring circuit: The invention concerns a method for transmitting digital messages through a microprocessor monitoring circuit (18) of specific type and integrated to a microprocessor (12). Each message including an identifier and consisting of several groups of successive and juxtaposed bits divided into segments. The method consists in successively transmitting segments associated...

20060026314 - Communication controller with automatic time stamping: Devices in a process control system communicate by data messages over a communication medium segment. Each device includes a communication controller that automatically time stamps events associated with received and transmitted messages....

20060026315 - Apparatus and method of establishing data transmission speed for serial advanced technology attachment interface: An apparatus and method of establishing data transmission speed between a host and a device connected to a serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface, the method includes initiating a first data transmission speed between the host and the device, transmitting a data transmission speed change command, and initiating a second...

20060026316 - Method and apparatus for accessing information on an external machine-readable tag: Methods and apparatus for correlating physical and logical attributes of devices include associating logical-tags (L-tags) and physical-tags (P-tags) with electronic devices. A P-tag includes a P-tag identifier, which can be read by a P-tag reading device, regardless of whether power is applied to the electronic device. In one embodiment, a...

20060026317 - Method of controlling information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control program therefor: A local interface driver 26 generates a network communication channel through which resources of a peripheral device connected via a local interface can be seen, from application software 21 for accessing resources of a peripheral device connected via a network interface by use of a predetermined network communication system, as...

20060026318 - Apparatus, medium, and method controlling audio/video output: An apparatus, medium, and method controlling an audio output and/or a video output. The apparatus includes an input device interface module for receiving content including video information and audio information corresponding to the video information, a user interface module for providing a user interface to enable a user to select...

20060026319 - Rollback of data: Provided are a techniques for restoring data. Changed data is stored in a storage controller reserved area. In response to receiving a create checkpoint request, the data changed is promoted to a good status and a characteristic is associated with the promoted data to identify the promoted data as a...

20060026320 - Method and apparatus for dynamically determining bit configuration: A method for dynamically determining bit configuration for a host bridge. The method first obtains information of peripheral components coupled to the host bridge. Next, the method dynamically determines a bit configuration of a processor system bus connecting to the host bridge according to the obtained information....

20060026321 - Increasing the number of i/o decode ranges using smi traps: A method of increasing the quantity of input/output (I/O) decode ranges using system management interrupts (SMI) traps is disclosed. In one aspect, the present disclosure teaches a method of increasing the quantity of I/O decode ranges using SMI traps in a chipset including generating a system management interrupt (SMI) based...

20060026323 - Information processing apparatus and smi processing method thereof: An information processing apparatus includes: a CPU; a controller including a signal transmission unit configured to supply an SMI (system management interrupt) signal to the CPU; a multifunctional device having a plurality of functions each potentially causing an SMI; and a plurality of signal lines provided between the controller and...

20060026322 - Interrupt management in dual core processors: A system comprising an interrupt logic comprising a data structure and adapted to process a plurality of interrupt requests, and a plurality of processor cores coupled to the interrupt logic. The data structure comprises a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a different interrupt request and having multiple fields....

20060026324 - Multiple removable non-volatile memory cards serially communicating with a host: Two or more very small encapsulated electronic circuit cards to which data are read and written are removably inserted into two or more sockets of a host system that is wired to the sockets. According to one aspect of the disclosure, command and response signals are normally communicated between the...

20060026325 - Method for automatically assigning a communication port address and the blade server system thereof: A method for automatically assigning a communication port address and the blade server system thereof are provided. The blade server system comprises a middle plane and a plurality of hot-swappable devices. The middle plane has a plurality of slots. Each of the hot-swappable devices has a connector coupled to one...

20060026326 - Docking station that can perform an activity without a portable electronics device mated thereto: A docking station comprises control logic adapted to mate with a portable electronics device to provide the portable electronics device with access to a network. The control logic is able to cause a user-selected activity to be performed by the docking station while a portable electronics device is not mated...

20060026328 - Apparatus and related method for calculating parity of redundant array of disks: For error tolerance in a redundant array disks (RAID), a parity data is calculated according to plurality of data respectively accessed in disks of the RAID. A hardware calculation module for parity calculation can be implemented in a RAID controller. With direct memory access (DMA) capability of the RAID controller,...

20060026327 - Isolation of input/output adapter traffic class/virtual channel and input/output ordering domains: Method, apparatus and system for controlling input/output adapter data flow operations in a data processing system that includes at least one of a traffic class mechanism in conjunction with virtual channel resources so as to be able to associate Load/Store and DMA flows to/from an input/output adapter, and a relaxed...

20060026330 - Bus arbitration system that achieves power savings based on selective clock control: A bus arbitration system includes a bus master, a bus arbitration circuit and a clock signal changing circuit. The bus master is configured to enter a power saving mode of operation in response to a disabled first master clock signal. The bus arbitration circuit is configured to issue a bus...

20060026329 - System and method for an arbiter rewind: The rewind arbiter system provides a system and method for arbitrating a device. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises a plurality of controlled devices configured to access a shared component and a rewind arbiter configured to arbitrate among a plurality of requests received from the controlled devices, wherein one of the...

20060026331 - Data transfer device, data transfer method, and information processing apparatus: A data transfer device for preventing a PCI-X bus from hanging up, which can be caused when a sender of data aborts. An abort signal-receiving section receives an abort signal delivered by the sender of data when the sender aborts. When the abort signal-receiving section receives the abort signal, a...

20060026333 - Multi-point usb connection: A USB host in one form comprises a plurality of endpoints and a state machine operable to queue user requests of multiple USB devices connectable to the host, host endpoints being dynamically allocated to corresponding endpoints of the USB devices. An exemplary method comprises, while a USB host is connected...

20060026332 - Multimedia storage and communication device and its determining method: The present invention is related to an interface design for multimedia data transmitting, which can provide a working interface in a data storing device or a communication device, using the working interface can provide the connecting facility between a multimedia device and computer system and improve the traditional high speed...

20060026334 - Operating system arrangement for flexible computer system design: A programmable logic device with an embedded operating system is disclosed. The programmable logic device includes a bus, memory, a number of bidirectional communication ports, a switching mechanism. The operating system embedded in the programmable logic device responds to input received through the ports by either sending data to a...