Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computer system for virtualizing I/O device and method of operating the same and hub device
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Application No.: US15058961Application Date: 2016-03-02
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Publication No.: US10585842B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Hideto Nakayama , Kentaro Iwasawa
- Applicant: AKIB SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: AKIB SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: AKIB SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42 ; G06F13/38 ; G06F9/4401 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F13/40

Abstract:
Provided are a system and related devices whereby it is easy to achieve I/O virtualization. A HUB device according to the present invention is provided with a switch for internal slots in a PC (for example, internal PCI-Express slots) and is configured to be able to interconnect internal slots in other PCs. In a computer system in which one or more PCs are interconnected by this HUB device, which serves as the central point of connection, each PC can “see” I/O devices of other PCs through the switch for the internal slots. Therefore, each PC creates a device list including I/O devices of the PC and I/O devices of other PCs, and the OS of the PC uses the device list. As a result, it is possible to easily achieve I/O virtualization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160179745A1 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR VIRTUALIZING I/O DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND HUB DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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