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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark C Briel, Oakdale, CA (US);
P Frank Wynhamer, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710101 ; 710100 ; 710107 ;
Abstract
A multi-port switching system and method for a computer bus allows for selective coupling of a number of bus initiator devices to at least one bus target device to simulate a dual-ported interface to the bus target device. By use of a number of switching circuits corresponding with the bus initiator busses, a single-ported bus target device may be utilized in applications where dual-ported or greater interfaces are required. The multi-port switching system and method utilizes a low-cost hardware based design which adds minimal overhead to the operation of the computer bus.