Patents by Inventor Ralph F. Ware, Jr.

Ralph F. Ware, 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).

  • Intelligent expansion ROM sharing bus subsystem
    Patent number: 6529989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a RAID controller coupled to a host computer system through a primary PCI bus. The RAID controller includes a PCI application bridge, a RAID processor and chipset, and an expansion ROM. The PCI application bridge is coupled to interface data and command transfers between the primary PCI bus and a secondary PCI bus. The RAID processor and chipset is coupled to said secondary PCI bus for controlling access to said one or more RAID arrays. The expansion ROM is configured to store device specific codes and BIOS codes for initializing said RAID controller and said host computer system for boot-up. For initializing said RAID controller, the said RAID processor and chipset accesses said device specific codes in said expansion ROM. The RAID processor and chipset provides a first address corresponding to said BIOS codes in said expansion ROM to said PCI bus application bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Adaptec, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Bashford, Paul S. Grist, Donald N. Allingham, Ralph F. Ware, Jr., Eric S. Noya