Patents by Inventor Shih-Tsung Chu

Shih-Tsung Chu 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).

  • Publication number: 20100088456
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a storage-sharing bus switch, which comprises a bus exchange device, a controller and a plurality of non-transparent bridge devices. The bus used in the present invention is PCI or a like system bus. The bus exchange device connects with the controller and a plurality of storage devices and links to hosts via the non-transparent bridge devices. The storage-sharing bus switch executes data transmission between hosts and storage devices. The controller starts up and monitors the devices linking to the storage-sharing bus switch. The non-transparent bridge devices implement data transmission between hosts and the storage-sharing bus switch and separate the hosts from the devices linking to the storage-sharing bus switch lest operation errors damage the devices. The present invention enables a plurality of hosts to share data storage simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Shih-Tsung Chu, Yao-Tien Huang