Apparatus for expansion of single channel AT Attachment/IDE interface
US6460099B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0685
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device has a host processor system having an AT Attachment (ATA) mass storage interface having a single channel. The electronic device further has at least three mass storage device ports that are capable of accepting ATA mass storage devices. A method for interfacing the mass storage devices to the ATA single channel interface provides the host processor access to all the ATA mass storage devices.
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