Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hodo

Hiroyuki Hodo 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).

  • Information processor and method of its component arrangement
    Patent number: 6108731
    Abstract: A plurality of processor elements (31 to 34) are disposed on a main board (710) in line in parallel with a first edge of the main substrate (710). Expansion board slots (331 to 336) into which an expansion board for mounting an I/O interface thereon is plugged and a memory connector (341) to which a memory board for mounting a memory thereon is connected are disposed in a region of the main substrate opposite to the first edge. The long sides of the expansion board slots (331 to 336) and the memory board connector (341) are in parallel with the first edge. A bridge LSI for executing protocol conversion between processor buses (210, 211, 212) and an I/O bus (230) and memory controllers (151, 152) for controlling memory access are disposed in regions adjacent to both the expansion board slots and the processor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Suzuki, Tsunehiro Tobita, Yoshitsugu Ichieda, Hiroyuki Hodo, Mihoko Kudou, Tetsuo Hiramitsu, Hideki Osaka, Tsutomu Hara