Thomas W Mckernan

US Patent:

8072971, Dec 6, 2011

Filed:

Feb 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/065948

Inventors:

Thomas W. McKernan - Fort Collins CO, US

Assignee:

LSI Corporation - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/50

US Classification:

370366, 710305

Abstract:

The present invention provides an architecture for a platform, which includes (1) gates located in a central area of a die for supporting an application layer; (2) a SerDes region located at one side of the die for holding at least one SerDes device; (3) a Link Layer Controller region, located adjacent the SerDes region and between the SerDes region and the gates, for supporting the at least one SerDes device; and (4) at least one RAM array for supporting the at least one SerDes device, the at least one RAM array being located at least one of adjacent the gates or between the gates and the Link Layer Controller region.

US Patent:

20010046196, Nov 29, 2001

Filed:

Mar 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/041230

Inventors:

THOMAS W. MCKERNAN - FORT COLLINS CO, US

International Classification:

G11B007/00

US Classification:

369/053350

Abstract:

A method and an apparatus for reading information from a rotating storage medium allows data to be reliably read at high speeds provided the medium meets design specifications. When the rotating storage medium includes significant imperfections which affect the medium's center of mass or otherwise affect its ability to rotate at very high speeds without significant vibration and wobble, the method and apparatus of the present invention allow the imperfect storage medium to be reliably read by at a lower speed. The preferred embodiment of the method detects read errors using the ECC information encoded into the information stored on the rotating storage medium. The method alters the speed the medium in response to the detected read errors. Apparatus is presented which is used to perform the method. The inventive techniques are especially applicable to CD-ROM and DVD technology.