Inventor
PHELPS ANDREW E
US37 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
13 patentsUS5966729AOct 12, 1999
Snoop filter for use in multiprocessor computer systems
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC107 citations98
US7251748B2Jul 31, 2007
System and method for determining a global ordering of events using timestamps
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC20 citations92
US6871294B2Mar 22, 2005
Dynamically reconfigurable interconnection
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC20 citations89
US6571360B1May 27, 2003
Cage for dynamic attach testing of I/O boards
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC46 citations89
US6408409B1Jun 18, 2002
Method and apparatus for ring buffer flow error detection
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC19 citations84
US7020753B2Mar 28, 2006
Inter-domain data transfer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations82
US6961827B2Nov 1, 2005
Victim invalidation
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations73
US6898728B2May 24, 2005
System domain targeted, configurable interconnection
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations73
US6721852B2Apr 13, 2004
Computer system employing multiple board sets and coherence schemes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations73
US6920584B2Jul 19, 2005
System design verification using selected states of a processor-based system to reveal deficiencies
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations60
US6877108B2Apr 5, 2005
Method and apparatus for providing error isolation in a multi-domain computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations55
US6915450B2Jul 5, 2005
Method and apparatus for arbitrating transactions between domains in a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations54
US7055016B2May 30, 2006
Computer system including a memory controller configured to perform pre-fetch operations
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
CRAY RESEARCH INC
12 patentsUS5430884AJul 4, 1995
Scalar/vector processor
CRAY RESEARCH INC131 citations98
US5745721AApr 28, 1998
Partitioned addressing apparatus for vector/scalar registers
CRAY RESEARCH INC34 citations96
US5659706AAug 19, 1997
Vector/scalar processor with simultaneous processing and instruction cache filling
CRAY RESEARCH INC28 citations96
US5640524AJun 17, 1997
Method and apparatus for chaining vector instructions
CRAY RESEARCH INC41 citations96
US5381536AJan 10, 1995
Method and apparatus for separate mark and wait instructions for processors having multiple memory ports
CRAY RESEARCH INC80 citations96
US5623650AApr 22, 1997
Method of processing a sequence of conditional vector IF statements
CRAY RESEARCH INC28 citations92
US5544337AAug 6, 1996
Vector processor having registers for control by vector resisters
CRAY RESEARCH INC33 citations92
US5524255AJun 4, 1996
Method and apparatus for accessing global registers in a multiprocessor system
CRAY RESEARCH INC20 citations92
US5499356AMar 12, 1996
Method and apparatus for a multiprocessor resource lockout instruction
CRAY RESEARCH INC42 citations92
US5706490AJan 6, 1998
Method of processing conditional branch instructions in scalar/vector processor
CRAY RESEARCH INC15 citations82
US5717881AFeb 10, 1998
Data processing system for processing one and two parcel instructions
CRAY RESEARCH INC6 citations73
US5598547AJan 28, 1997
Vector processor having functional unit paths of differing pipeline lengths
CRAY RESEARCH INC14 citations73
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD
5 patentsUS5193187AMar 9, 1993
Fast interrupt mechanism for interrupting processors in parallel in a multiprocessor system wherein processors are assigned process ID numbers
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD63 citations95
US5175862ADec 29, 1992
Method and apparatus for a special purpose arithmetic boolean unit
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD90 citations93
US5239629AAug 24, 1993
Dedicated centralized signaling mechanism for selectively signaling devices in a multiprocessor system
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD48 citations92
US5168570ADec 1, 1992
Method and apparatus for a multiple request toggling priority system
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD46 citations92
US5165038ANov 17, 1992
Global registers for a multiprocessor system
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD26 citations92
BURROUGHS CORP
3 patentsSCIENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP
2 patentsUS4760518AJul 26, 1988
Bi-directional databus system for supporting superposition of vector and scalar operations in a computer
SCIENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP156 citations93
US4837730AJun 6, 1989
Linking scalar results directly to scalar operation inputs on a bidirectional databus in a computer which superpositions vector and scalar operations
SCIENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP13 citations71