HK1013344A1 - A method for controlling a buffer memory for a magnetic disk storage system - Google Patents

A method for controlling a buffer memory for a magnetic disk storage system

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Publication number
HK1013344A1
HK1013344A1 HK98114561A HK98114561A HK1013344A1 HK 1013344 A1 HK1013344 A1 HK 1013344A1 HK 98114561 A HK98114561 A HK 98114561A HK 98114561 A HK98114561 A HK 98114561A HK 1013344 A1 HK1013344 A1 HK 1013344A1
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Hong Kong
Prior art keywords
buffer memory
byte block
bit
address
dram buffer
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HK98114561A
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Dhiru N Desai
David M Lewis
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Seagate Technology Int
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/08—Error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation, e.g. by using checking codes
    • G06F11/10—Adding special bits or symbols to the coded information, e.g. parity check, casting out 9's or 11's
    • G06F11/1008—Adding special bits or symbols to the coded information, e.g. parity check, casting out 9's or 11's in individual solid state devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0655—Vertical data movement, i.e. input-output transfer; data movement between one or more hosts and one or more storage devices
    • G06F3/0656—Data buffering arrangements

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Indexing, Searching, Synchronizing, And The Amount Of Synchronization Travel Of Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Dram (AREA)
  • Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
HK98114561A 1990-03-02 1998-12-22 A method for controlling a buffer memory for a magnetic disk storage system HK1013344A1 (en)

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US07/487,740 US5280601A (en) 1990-03-02 1990-03-02 Buffer memory control system for a magnetic disc controller

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US (1) US5280601A (de)
EP (1) EP0444885B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2772150B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69131186T2 (de)
HK (1) HK1013344A1 (de)
SG (1) SG47724A1 (de)

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US5280601A (en) 1994-01-18
DE69131186D1 (de) 1999-06-10
JP2772150B2 (ja) 1998-07-02
JPH06131124A (ja) 1994-05-13
DE69131186T2 (de) 1999-08-26
EP0444885A3 (de) 1995-01-25
EP0444885A2 (de) 1991-09-04
EP0444885B1 (de) 1999-05-06
SG47724A1 (en) 1998-04-17

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