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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Plasmability, Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Robert J. Basnett, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen L. Cowell, Round Rock, TX (US);
Plasmability, LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A manufacturing equipment digital interface includes a shared Small Computer Standard Interface (SCSI) connector that is electrically connected to a manufacturing equipment SCSI bus. A plurality of SCSI-to-target-memory bridges is electrically connected to the shared SCSI connector. The plurality of SCSI-to-target-memory bridges interfaces the shared SCSI connector to a plurality of target memory devices. A drive controller includes a memory buffer that provides temporary storage of the information being transferred from the manufacturing equipment SCSI bus to the plurality of target memory devices. Also, the drive controller includes a SCSI-to-target-memory bridge arbitrator that controls the transfers of information from the manufacturing equipment SCSI bus to the target memory device. A network interface is electrically connected to the drive controller.