Method and apparatus for dynamic coalescing
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1. An apparatus for managing electronic data comprising:
- an input/output (I/O) device;
said I/O device having the capability to combine one or more fragments of electronic data, based at least in part on the data transfer rate of said I/O device and the data processing speed of an associated system bus, wherein said associated system comprises a computing platform coupled to said I/O device.
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Abstract
Numerous embodiments of a method and apparatus for dynamic coalescing are disclosed.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for managing electronic data comprising:
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an input/output (I/O) device;
said I/O device having the capability to combine one or more fragments of electronic data, based at least in part on the data transfer rate of said I/O device and the data processing speed of an associated system bus, wherein said associated system comprises a computing platform coupled to said I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of managing electronic data transfers comprising:
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substantially determining a data transfer rate of an I/O device;
substantially determining a data processing speed of an associated computing system bus; and
combining one or more fragments of electronic data, based at least in part on said data transfer rate of said I/O device, and the data processing speed of said associated computing system bus, wherein said associated system comprises a computing platform coupled to said I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article comprising:
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a storage medium;
said storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that when executed, result in execution of a method of dynamic coalescing, by combining one or more fragments of electronic data, based at least in part on the data transfer rate of an I/O device and the processing speed of an associated system bus, wherein said associated system comprises a computing platform coupled to said I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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