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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
Virgil Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Robert Horn, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Marc Acosta, San Clemente, CA (US);
Sanjay Mathur, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Virgil Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Robert Horn, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Marc Acosta, San Clemente, CA (US);
Sanjay Mathur, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Aristos Logic Corporation, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated I/O controller in an integrated circuit is provided for centralized data management. The integrated circuit includes a host interface, a disk interface, and a mapping controller implemented in hardware to speed data processing and provide fault tolerance as exemplified with RAID configurations. The mapping controller provides block mapping across a plurality of peripherals or disk drives in a disk array. The integrated I/O controller can be utilized in storage area network systems and network area storage systems as well as other networking systems or devices.