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Patent No.:

US 7174410 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2003

Method, apparatus and computer program product for write data transfer

Applicants:

Bernard Charles Drerup, Austin, TX (US);

Harm Peter Hofstee, Austin, TX (US);

Wendel Glenn Voigt, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Barry Joe Wolford, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bernard Charles Drerup, Austin, TX (US);

Harm Peter Hofstee, Austin, TX (US);

Wendel Glenn Voigt, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Barry Joe Wolford, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Diana L. Roberts

Anthony V. S. England

Primary Examiner:

Rehana Perveen

Assistant Examiner:

Ryan M Stiglic

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first device is operable to communicate on an bus according to a first protocol. A bridge is also operable to communicate on the bus according to the first protocol. A second device is coupled to the bus via the bridge and operable to communicate according to a second protocol. The bridge has a memory for holding data received from the second device and is operable to translate from the second to the first protocol. The second device sends write data responsive to receiving a ready signal from the bridge, and includes memory for holding the write data that the second device has sent, but for which completion has not been signaled. The second device re-sends the write data from the memory responsive to receiving a non-completion signal via the bridge, and releases the memory for the data responsive to receiving a completion signal via the bridge.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Drerup, Bernard. (2007). Method, apparatus and computer program product for write data transfer (U.S. Patent No. 7174410). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7174410

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