Patent ID: 7941595
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A storage hub comprising: a memory section including at least one memory device; a switch comprising a configurable switching fabric configured to form a connection between the memory section and a device external to the storage hub, wherein the switch directs data transferring between the memory section and the device across the connection according to destination information in the directed data, wherein the destination information specifies the device; and a management complex, communicatively connected to the switch, comprising a processor that configures the switch, wherein the memory section further includes one or more shift registers interconnected in series including: one or more shift registers interconnected in series that write data to the memory device; and one or more shift registers interconnected in series that read data from the memory device, wherein data loaded into the shift registers are shifted from one of the shift registers to a next one of the shift registers according to a clock signal, such that the shift registers maintain their shift frequency during any loading of the data between the shift registers and the memory device.