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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2002
Applicants:

Brian A. Day, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Timothy E. Hoglund, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Ganesan Viswanathan, Norcross, GA (US);

Ayyavu Vetrivel, Norcross, GA (US);

Inventors:

Brian A. Day, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Timothy E. Hoglund, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Ganesan Viswanathan, Norcross, GA (US);

Ayyavu Vetrivel, Norcross, GA (US);

Assignee:

LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F013/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A device generally comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) communicate with a host via a first bus (ii) using a small computer system interface (SCSI) protocol having a plurality of command descriptor blocks. The second circuit configured to (i) communicate with a remote device with a via a second bus, (ii) using an advanced technology attachment (ATA) protocol and (iii) translate a subset of the command descriptor blocks to the ATA protocol in application specific hardware.


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