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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:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Ngek Leong Guok, Perak, MY;
Eng Hun Ooi, Penang, MY;
Inventors:
Ngek Leong Guok, Perak, MY;
Eng Hun Ooi, Penang, MY;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a host controller having a cache memory to store entries each including, at least, a command header (CH) portion having data associated with a command from the host controller to one of multiple devices coupled to a port multiplier, and a physical region descriptor (PRD) portion to store address information associated with a next address for data transfer with regard to the command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.