Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm TJ Singh, Klein O'Neill & Singh, LLP
  • Method and apparatus for automatically transferring I/O blocks between a host system and a host adapter
    Patent number: 6564271
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) host adapter in an I/O system processes I/O requests from a host system to a plurality of I/O devices. The host adapter includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O requests from host memory to adapter memory. The host adapter also includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O responses from adapter memory to host memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Qlogic Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Micalizzi, Jr., Dharma R. Konda, Chandru M. Sippy