Patent ID: 6175895
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
Cache enabling architecture for caching information at an output and/or input of an optical storage reading and/or writing device, comprisingat least a mass writing and reading device based on a magnetic hard disk drive,a data bus to which said mass writing and reading device and a caching processor are connected in parallel and through which also instructions sent from further devices other than said optical storage reading and/or writing device, reach the mass writing and reading device,a caching processor to cache said information using said mass writing and reading device, said caching processor being directly connected to said mass writing and reading device,said output and/or input of said optical storage reading and/or writing device and said caching processor being connected through said data bus, so as to directly exchange said information between said output and/or input and said caching processor.