Patents by Inventor Ivy Chow

Ivy Chow has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for SAS controllers with link list based target queues
    Patent number: 9256521
    Abstract: A controller comprising a transport layer, an internal memory, and a link list manager block. The internal memory stores pending instruction entries. The link list manager block is configured to read instructions stored in an external memory, update an active vector, the active vector for storing indications of instructions from the external memory; update the pending instruction entries in the internal memory; and update the instructions stored in the external memory. The link list manager block configured to dispatch a instruction from the pending instruction entries in the internal memory to the transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra US, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Lam, Ivy Chow