Inventor
SMITH BRIAN L
US42 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
26 patentsUS6965648B1Nov 15, 2005
Source synchronous link integrity validation
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC418 citations98
US6505317B1Jan 7, 2003
System and method for testing signal interconnections using built-in self test
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC91 citations96
US7139308B2Nov 21, 2006
Source synchronous bus repeater
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US6944692B2Sep 13, 2005
Automated calibration of I/O over a multi-variable eye window
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC24 citations92
US6681337B1Jan 20, 2004
Method and apparatus for loading data from an address specified by an address register into a different register wherein the registers are clocked in different time domains
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC25 citations92
US6668346B1Dec 23, 2003
Digital process monitor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations92
US6584584B1Jun 24, 2003
Method and apparatus for detecting errors in a First-In-First-Out buffer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC26 citations92
US6772369B2Aug 3, 2004
System observation bus
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC21 citations89
US7280589B2Oct 9, 2007
Source synchronous I/O bus retimer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations84
US6601217B1Jul 29, 2003
System and method for error correction in an electronic communication
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations84
US6571306B1May 27, 2003
Bus request mechanism for bus master which is parked on a shared bus
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC17 citations84
US6880118B2Apr 12, 2005
System and method for testing operational transmissions of an integrated circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations80
US7162670B2Jan 9, 2007
IBIST interconnect and bridge fault detection scheme
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US7051252B2May 23, 2006
Ibist identification loopback scheme
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations73
US6826643B2Nov 30, 2004
Method of synchronizing arbiters within a hierarchical computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations72
US7409722B2Aug 5, 2008
Control status register access to enable domain reconfiguration
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US7155647B2Dec 26, 2006
Scan of chip state from a hierarchical design
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations63
US6681366B1Jan 20, 2004
System and method for detecting errors in a system where clients arbitrate amongst themselves for a grant to a central resource
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US6507934B1Jan 14, 2003
Apparatus and method for source synchronous link testing of an integrated circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US7296104B2Nov 13, 2007
Automated calibration of I/O over a multi-variable eye window
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations62
US6901056B1May 31, 2005
System and method for time multiplexing of multi-domain transactions
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations61
US6889343B2May 3, 2005
Method and apparatus for verifying consistency between a first address repeater and a second address repeater
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations61
US6735654B2May 11, 2004
Method and apparatus for efficiently broadcasting transactions between an address repeater and a client
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations61
US7278077B1Oct 2, 2007
IBIST test for synchronous lines at multiple frequencies
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US7020146B2Mar 28, 2006
Broadcast arbitration in a multi-domain device
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations51
US6877055B2Apr 5, 2005
Method and apparatus for efficiently broadcasting transactions between a first address repeater and a second address repeater
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations51
IBM
4 patentsUS9280448B2Mar 8, 2016
Controlling operation of a run-time instrumentation facility from a lesser-privileged state
IBM25 citations94
US9280346B2Mar 8, 2016
Run-time instrumentation reporting
IBM4 citations73
US9459873B2Oct 4, 2016
Run-time instrumentation monitoring of processor characteristics
IBM0 citations52
US9250903B2Feb 2, 2016
Determining the status of run-time-instrumentation controls
IBM0 citations52
FARRELL MARK S
3 patentsUS9471315B2Oct 18, 2016
Run-time instrumentation reporting
FARRELL MARK S0 citations52
US9158660B2Oct 13, 2015
Controlling operation of a run-time instrumentation facility
FARRELL MARK S0 citations52
US9454462B2Sep 27, 2016
Run-time instrumentation monitoring for processor characteristic changes
FARRELL MARK S0 citations51