276 results about "Expanded access" patented technology

The present invention relates generally to a generic fabric interconnect system and method for providing a data path between and among nodes and processing elements within an interconnection fabric. More specifically, there is provided a device accessible by a host processor for expanding access over a first bus to a second bus, the first bus and the second bus each being adapted to separately connect to respective ones of a plurality of bus-compatible devices, each device which comprise a link, a first circuit adapted to couple between the first bus and the link, and a second circuit adapted to couple between the link and the second bus, the first circuit and the second circuit each being operated as a bridge and being operable to (a) send outgoing information serially through said link in a form different from that of the first bus and the second bus (b) approve an initial exchange between the first bus and the second bus in response to pending bus transactions having a characteristic signifying a destination across a device, and (c) allow the host processor, communicating through the first bus, to individually address different selectable ones of the bus-compatible devices on the second bus: (i) using on the first bus substantially the same type of addressing as is used to access devices on the first bus, and (ii) without first employing a second, intervening one of the bus-compatible devices on the second bus.

An expanding access control embedded array block (EAB) is not utilized for access control in the prior art. The invention provides a method of access control, a module and a user device. The method includes the flowing steps that b. whether the user device has effective and permitted special access grades (104 and 105) is judged, and when the special access grades (104 and 105) exist, current areas capable of being accessed are judged; d. whether a system message comprises the expand access control EVB parameters (103) of the user device is judged, when the expand access control EVB parameters (103) are comprised; and e. according to the expand access control EVB parameters (103) of the user device, whether access current areas (106-110) are controlled based on expanding access is judged. The invention provides a method controlling the EAB to conduct access based on expanding access.

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