Patents by Inventor Samir KHERICHA

Samir KHERICHA 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).

  • OPPORTUNISTIC DMA HEADER INSERTION
    Publication number: 20110153875
    Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating an I/O interconnect midpoint device is presented, wherein the midpoint device has a direct memory access (DMA) controller and a plurality of ports, the method comprising: generating, using the DMA controller, a DMA read request; sending, using the DMA controller, the DMA read request to a first device connected to a first of the plurality of ports; receiving data responsive to the DMA read request from the first device; generating, using the DMA controller, a DMA write request including the received data; and sending, using the DMA controller, the DMA write request to a second device connected to the second of the plurality of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: PLX Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samir KHERICHA, Jeffrey Michael DODSON