PLX Technology Assigned Patent

PLX Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,417,985) developed by Philip David Rose, Islip, UK, for an "adjusting system clock to faster speed upon receiving mass storage command and back to lower speed upon completion of all commands."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for dynamically adjusting a system clock of a plurality of system clock-controlled components in a system is provided, the method comprising: detecting the receipt of a command at a non-system clock-controlled component of the system; and adjusting the system clock to a fast speed based on the detecting. This embodiment may also include: determining that the command has been completed; determining that there are no outstanding commands in the plurality of system clock-controlled components; and adjusting the system clock to a slow speed based on the determination that there are no outstanding commands in the plurality of system clock-controlled components."

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,501).