Bluearc UK Limited

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Michael Cooper

Christopher J Aston

Geoffrey S Barrall

Trevor Edward Willis

Simon L Benham

Jonathan Meyer

John Winfield

Daniel James Twitchen

Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook

Philip Maurice Martineau

Andrew John Whitehead

John Lloyd Collins

Ricardo Simon Sussmann

Barbel Susanne Charlotte Dorn

Trevor Willis

An apparatus in one embodiment handles service requests over a network, wherein the network utilizes a protocol. In this aspect, the apparatus includes: a network subsystem for receiving and transmitting network service requests using the network protocol; and a service subsystem, coupled to the network subsystem, for satisfying the network service requests. At least one of the network subsystem and the service subsystem is hardware-implemented; the other of the network subsystem and the service subsystem may optionally be hardware-accelerated. A variety of related embodiments are also provided, including file servers and web servers.

Apparatus and method for hardware implementation or acceleration of operating system functions

A file system adapter card that may be plugged into a host computer system for providing hardware-based file system accesses outside the purview of a host operating system running on the host computer system. The file system adapter card includes a hardware-implemented or hardware-accelerated file service subsystem and a computer bus that permits a host computer system to communicate directly with the file service subsystem for providing file service requests and receiving file service responses. The file service subsystem includes dedicated hardware that operates outside the immediate control of a host operating system, including specialized circuitry for performing at least one major subsystem function.

File system adapter for hardware implementation or acceleration of file system functions

This invention relates to diamond and more particularly to diamond produced by chemical vapour deposition (hereinafter referred to as CVD). According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a layer of single crystal CVD diamond of high quality having a thickness of at least 2 mm.

Thick single crystal diamond layer method for making it and gemstones produced from the layer

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Berkshire, United Kingdom

Michael Cooper