David E Dickens

Title: David E. Dickens: Inventor of Intelligent PCI Bridge Configuration Access.

Introduction

David E. Dickens is an inventor associated with Dallas, Texas, and Texas Instruments Corporation. His patent work addresses how configuration information is accessed for devices connected through a PCI-to-PCI bridge.

Latest Patents

The supplied information lists one patent for Dickens: Method and Apparatus for Intelligent Configuration Register Access on a PCI to PCI Bridge. The invention identifies a read request for configuration information from a connected PCI device and determines whether that request should be intercepted. If interception is unnecessary, the request is passed to the device. If it is required, the system identifies the device type and returns configuration data in a format appropriate for that type. The described configuration information can include the device’s subsystem ID and subsystem vendor ID. Dickens is credited with 1 patent in the information provided.

Career Highlights

Dickens’s listed patent reflects work on PCI bridge technology and the handling of device configuration data. The supplied information associates him with Texas Instruments Corporation.

Collaborations

Krunali T. Patel and David W. Rekeita are identified as Dickens’s coworkers. The information provided does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborative projects.

Conclusion

David E. Dickens’s listed invention focuses on intelligently managing configuration-register access across a PCI-to-PCI bridge, including returning device information in a format suited to the connected hardware.