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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
James R. Peterson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew B. Lovell, Longmont, CO (US);
Darel N. Emmot, Fort Collins, CO (US);
James R. Peterson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew B. Lovell, Longmont, CO (US);
Darel N. Emmot, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for allocating buffer capacity includes determining at least one characteristic of a first input/output (I/O) device that is coupled to a memory device interface, the memory device interface being configured to enable data transfers between the I/O device and a memory device, and buffering data corresponding to the first I/O device in a first portion of a buffer of the memory device interface, a size of the first portion being responsive to the at least one characteristic of the first I/O device.