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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Yung-li Ji, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-nan Yen, Hsinchu, TW;
Fu-ja Shone, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Skymedi Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A virtual SATA port multiplier and a virtual SATA device are provided for a SATA system. The virtual SATA port multiplier uses a SATA physical layer for data transfer between it and a SATA host, and a non-physical layer for direct data transfer between it and the virtual SATA device. Since the data transfer between the virtual SATA port multiplier and the virtual SATA device is not carried out by way of SATA physical layers, no physical layer circuits are required accordingly, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost, power consumption and hardware size of the SATA system.