SYSTEM FOR THE HOT ADD OF AN ADAPTER TO AN OPERATIONAL COMPUTER

Patent №

US 6,499,073

Granted

2002-12-24

Filed 1997

Owner

MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08942309

A software architecture for the hot add and swap of adapters. The software architecture allows users to replace failed components, upgrade outdated components, and add new functionality, such as new network interfaces, disk interface adapters and storage, without impacting existing users. The software architecture supports the hot add and swap of off-the-shelf adapters, including those adapters that are programmable.

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AI classification

AI hardware0.99
Evolutionary computation0.13
Natural language0.01
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC.

assignment · 90180217

Assignors

WALLACH, WALTER A., KHALILI, MEHRDAD, MAHALINGAM, MALLIKARJUNAN, REED, JOHN M.

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