Patents by Inventor Fred W. Nance, JR.

Fred W. Nance, JR. 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).

  • Positionally aware communication with multiple storage devices over a multi-wire serial bus
    Patent number: 10860521
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods having positionally aware communication between a controller and a plurality of solid state drives (SSD) over a multi-wire serial bus is described. An example electronic device includes a multi-wire serial bus, multiple SSD connectors coupled to the multi-wire serial bus, and a serial bus position address (BPos) line to uniquely identify the physical position of each SSD connector with a unique BPos identifier (ID). The device also includes a serial bus controller coupled to the multi-wire serial bus and further comprising circuitry configured to communicate with a specific SSD connector at a known physical position by associating the BPos ID of the specific SSD connector with the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Morning-Smith, Jawad B. Khan, Fred W. Nance, Jr., Wing-Gong Lew
  • POSITIONALLY AWARE COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE STORAGE DEVICES OVER A MULTI-WIRE SERIAL BUS
    Publication number: 20180189221
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods having positionally aware communication between a controller and a plurality of solid state drives (SSD) over a multi-wire serial bus is described. An example electronic device includes a multi-wire serial bus, multiple SSD connectors coupled to the multi-wire serial bus, and a serial bus position address (BPos) line to uniquely identify the physical position of each SSD connector with a unique BPos identifier (ID). The device also includes a serial bus controller coupled to the multi-wire serial bus and further comprising circuitry configured to communicate with a specific SSD connector at a known physical position by associating the BPos ID of the specific SSD connector with the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Morning-Smith, Jawad B. Khan, Fred W. Nance, JR., Wing-Gong Lew