Patents by Inventor David E. Becker

David E. Becker 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).

  • Apparatus and method for writing data from a cache to a storage device
    Patent number: 5829018
    Abstract: A write cache operation builder for use in building a write operation for writing data from a cache to a disk drive in a computer system is disclosed. The write cache operation builder is built from a CMS of a DASD. It converts the CMS entries of the CMS into a FIFO entry and scans the FIFO entry in order to calculate a write operation comprising the largest number of sectors of data. The write cache operation builder may be implemented via hardware or software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel F. Moertl, Mark D. Christianson, Lee D. Cleveland, David E. Becker, Gene S. Van Grinsven