Patent ID: 7480788
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A command time-out managing apparatus, comprising: a command receiving unit receives a read-out command; a command buffer of a first-in first-out type temporarily stores therein the read-out command received by said command receiving unit; a time stamp unit stores a receiving time at which said command receiving unit received the read-out command in said command buffer and in association with the read-out command; a command executing unit reads the command stored in said command buffer and executes the read-out command; and a read-out time-out detecting unit having: said command executing unit reads the read-out command for which the read-out time-out time is detected from said command buffer and executing the read-out command, when said read-out time-out detecting unit detects a read-out time-out time of the read-out command.