摘要:
An external storage device includes a hard-drive, a flash memory, and a memory arrangement unit. The memory arrangement determines if the tag of the data accessed by a computer stored in the tag list of the memory arrangement unit and controls the hard-drive and the flash memory according to the result of the determination.
摘要:
A computer system is disclosed which has a plurality of masters, such as a processor, a cache memory or an I/O device controller. Read response time from the main memory is minimized by a read-from-write scheme which gives priority to read commands. If a read command is to access data with the same address of a previously issued but pending write command in the buffer of a memory controller, then the read and write commands are combined and the read/write command is given priority over each other pending read or write command. To further reduce mean read response time, the data to be written to the main memory is transferred directly from the buffer to the master which issued the read command contemporaneously with the execution of the write command on the main memory.
摘要:
An apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes a scan chain having a scan input port and a scan output port, a plurality of first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting one of the plurality of first I/O ports to be coupled to the scan input port, a plurality of second I/O ports, an output port selector for selecting one of the plurality of second I/O ports to be coupled to said scan output port. Further, an apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes N scan chains, each scan chain having a scan input port and scan output port, M first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting N of the first I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan input ports, K second I/O ports, and an output port selector for selecting N of the second I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan output ports.
摘要:
An improved memory controller is disclosed for accessing a computer memory, which consists of a plurality of banks of page mode memory cells and is connected to a CPU via a split transaction bus with out-of-order completion capability. The improved memory controller comprises: (a) a unified command queue for receiving a memory access command; (b) a plurality of command queues equalling in number to the number of the memory banks; (c) a dispatch logic for dispatching the memory access command into one of the command queues in accordance with which memory bank the access command is to access; (d) a selection logic for selecting one of the command queues as an active command queue to execute a command, wherein all the non-selected command queues are placed on a standby status as standby command queues; and (e) switching logic provided in the selection logic for switching the command execution from the active command queue to a standby command queue, which is made active according to a predetermined criterion, when a page miss is detected or when the active command queue is empty. The switching logic also causes one of the standby command queues to perform a row address selection when the active command queue is accessing said computer memory. With the improved memory controller, penalties associated with row miss and/or page miss are eliminated. As a result, the average memory access latency is minimized and overall memory utilization efficiency is enhanced.
摘要:
An external device includes a bridge and a storage device. The bridge is connected to a host according to a first data transmission interface so as to convert data of the host from the first data transmission interface to a second data transmission interface. The bridge includes a memory unit and a control unit. The memory unit stores a virtual device datum. The control unit generates a virtual storage device in the host according to the virtual device datum. The storage device is connected to the bridge for storing the data of the host according to the second data transmission interface.
摘要:
An external storage device includes a storage device and a bridge. The storage device stores data transmitted from a computer host. The bridge includes a memory unit and a control unit. The memory unit stores a virtual device datum, and the virtual device datum includes an application program. The control unit generates a virtual storage device in the computer host according to the virtual device datum, and executes a security function of the storage device according to the application program.
摘要:
An apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes a scan chain having a scan input port and a scan output port, a plurality of first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting one of the plurality of first I/O ports to be coupled to the scan input port, a plurality of second I/O ports, an output port selector for selecting one of the plurality of second I/O ports to be coupled to said scan output port. Further, an apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes N scan chains, each scan chain having a scan input port and scan output port, M first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting N of the first I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan input ports, K second I/O ports, and an output port selector for selecting N of the second I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan output ports.
摘要:
An address translation method for use in a system including a plurality of cluster nodes and including the steps of: at a source node, receiving over a first network a communication with a first destination address having an index portion and an offset portion, wherein the index portion includes a partition number portion; providing an address mapping table which maps a plurality of indexes to a corresponding plurality of node ID's, each of the plurality of node ID's identifying a different one of the plurality of cluster nodes; using the index portion from the first destination address as an index into the address mapping table to identify a node ID, wherein the identified node ID identifies a destination node; appending the identified node ID to the first destination address to generate a second destination address; and using the second destination address to send information to a second network of the destination node.
摘要:
An external device includes a bridge and a storage device. The bridge is connected to a host according to a first data transmission interface so as to convert data of the host from the first data transmission interface to a second data transmission interface. The bridge includes a memory unit and a control unit. The memory unit stores a virtual device datum. The control unit generates a virtual storage device in the host according to the virtual device datum. The storage device is connected to the bridge for storing the data of the host according to the second data transmission interface.