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Gerald E. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH GERALD · SMITH GERALD E · SMITH GERALD EDWARD
23 granted patents·4 pending applications·567 citations·filing 1977–2014
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27 records- 0196US7533298B2Write journaling using battery backed cacheLSI CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 12, 2009·85 cites·19 claims
- 0294US9298648B2Method and system for I/O flow management using RAID controller with DMA capabilitiy to directly send data to PCI-E devices connected to PCI-E switchLSI CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 29, 2016·37 cites·17 claims
- 0390US4133548AScooterSMITH GERALD E·Filed 1977·Granted Jan 9, 1979·50 cites·5 claims
- 0484US6347359B1Method for reconfiguration of RAID data storage systemsAIWA RAID TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 12, 2002·130 cites·18 claims
- 0580US5889933AAdaptive power failure recoveryAIWA CO·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 30, 1999·88 cites·23 claims
- 0680USD380217SPneumatic motorINGERSOLL RAND CO·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 24, 1997·27 cites·1 claims
- 0778US8484416B2High availability raid using low-cost direct attached raid controllersSMITH GERALD EDWARD·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 9, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 0876US6264272B1Apparatus for ergonomic placement of computer pointing deviceFiled 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·50 cites·19 claims
- 0974US9058267B2I/O path selectionLSI CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 16, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 1074US9052829B2Methods and structure for improved I/O shipping in a clustered storage systemRIZZO JAMES A·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·2 cites·19 claims
- 1173US8782369B2Apparatus to manage efficient data migration between tiersBADERDINNI ANANT·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 15, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 1271US6934769B2Methods and structure for SCSI/IDE translation in a storage subsystemLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 23, 2005·16 cites·12 claims
- 1370US7039799B2Methods and structure for BIOS reconfigurationLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 2, 2006·19 cites·9 claims
- 1469US9134913B2Methods and structure for improved processing of I/O requests in fast path circuits of a storage controller in a clustered storage systemRIZZO JAMES A·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 15, 2015·1 cites·20 claims
- 1568US9009375B2Sharing of bypassed I/O transaction informationLSI CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 14, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 1667US8938574B2Methods and systems using solid-state drives as storage controller cache memorySMITH GERALD E·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 20, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 1766US4202240ABridge pinSMITH GERALD E·Filed 1978·Granted May 13, 1980·18 cites·10 claims
- 1865US6886059B2Methods and structure for SCSI/IDE translation for non-SCSI enclosures in a storage subsystemLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 26, 2005·17 cites·13 claims
- 1963US9250832B2Confirmed divert bitmap to synchronize raid firmware operations with fast-path hardware I/O processingLSI CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 2, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 2061US7788420B2Address buffer mode switching for varying request sizesLSI CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 31, 2010·2 cites·20 claims
- 2157US7020770B2Method and apparatus for configuration of RAID controllersLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 28, 2006·5 cites·26 claims
- 2255US8621603B2Methods and structure for managing visibility of devices in a clustered storage systemRIZZO JAMES A·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 31, 2013·0 cites·18 claims
- 2347US9542126B2Redundant array of independent disks systems that utilize spans with different storage device counts for a logical volumeLSI CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 10, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 2445US2010037091A1Logical drive bad block management of redundant array of independent disksBADERDINNI ANANT·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2542US2007067563A1Updating disk drive firmware behind RAID controllersLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2639US2010268904A1Apparatus and methods for region lock management assist circuit in a storage systemSHEFFIELD ROBERT L·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2737US2010268743A1Apparatus and methods for tree management assist circuit in a storage systemHALLYAL BASAVARAJ G·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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