Patent · US Expired

Hardware emulation of parallel ATA drives with serial ATA interface

US6854045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Eng Hun Ooi · Bukit Mertajam, MY
Thien Ooi · Bukit Mertajam, MY
Chai Huat Gan · Bukit Mertajam, MY

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2001
Grant date	Feb 8, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0674
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An access detector detects an access type of an access to one of a plurality of serial ports interfacing to serial storage devices. The access is intended to one of a plurality of parallel channels interfacing to parallel storage devices via task file registers of the parallel channels. A mapping circuit maps the serial ports to the parallel channels. A state machine emulates a response from the one of the parallel channels based on the access type and the mapped serial ports.

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