Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Hotle

Thomas G. Hotle 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).

  • Single disk emulation interface for an array of asynchronously operating disk drives
    Patent number: 5218689
    Abstract: A multiple disk drive array storage device emulates the operation of a single disk drive. The array storage device includes a large buffer memory and a plurality of asynchronously-operating disk drives. A full physical track of data from each of the disk drives within the array is stored within the buffer memory and concatenated to create a large logical track of data. The large buffer memory and asynchronously-operating disk drives results in a data transfer rate that is faster than the standard disk drive architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Cray Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Hotle