Inventor
VAN LOO WILLIAM C
US30 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
29 patentsUS5905998AMay 18, 1999
Transaction activation processor for controlling memory transaction processing in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC176 citations99
US5655100AAug 5, 1997
Transaction activation processor for controlling memory transaction execution in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC288 citations99
US5644753AJul 1, 1997
Fast, dual ported cache controller for data processors in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC164 citations99
US6233615B1May 15, 2001
System for maintaining strongly sequentially ordered packet flow in a ring network system with busy and failed nodes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC102 citations98
US5692197ANov 25, 1997
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a computer network without sacrificing performance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC126 citations98
US5684977ANov 4, 1997
Writeback cancellation processing system for use in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC104 citations98
US5634068AMay 27, 1997
Packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC147 citations98
US5581729ADec 3, 1996
Parallelized coherent read and writeback transaction processing system for use in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC121 citations97
US6101565AAug 8, 2000
System for multisized bus coupling in a packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC50 citations96
US6065052AMay 16, 2000
System for maintaining strongly sequentially ordered packet flow in a ring network system with busy and failed nodes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations96
US5892957AApr 6, 1999
Method and apparatus for interrupt communication in packet-switched microprocessor-based computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC81 citations96
US5854906ADec 29, 1998
Method and apparatus for fast-forwarding slave request in a packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations96
US5689713ANov 18, 1997
Method and apparatus for interrupt communication in a packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC59 citations96
US5657472AAug 12, 1997
Memory transaction execution system and method for multiprocessor system having independent parallel transaction queues associated with each processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC95 citations96
US5263142ANov 16, 1993
Input/output cache with mapped pages allocated for caching direct (virtual) memory access input/output data based on type of I/O devices
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC93 citations96
US5247648ASep 21, 1993
Maintaining data coherency between a central cache, an I/O cache and a memory
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC82 citations96
US6597665B1Jul 22, 2003
System for dynamic ordering support in a ringlet serial interconnect
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations92
US6463472B1Oct 8, 2002
System for maintaining strongly sequentially ordered packet flow in a ring network system with busy and failed nodes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC30 citations92
US6381664B1Apr 30, 2002
System for multisized bus coupling in a packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US6260174B1Jul 10, 2001
Method and apparatus for fast-forwarding slave requests in a packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations92
US6064672AMay 16, 2000
System for dynamic ordering support in a ringlet serial interconnect
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations92
US5907485AMay 25, 1999
Method and apparatus for flow control in packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC36 citations92
US5864677AJan 26, 1999
System for preserving sequential ordering and supporting nonidempotent commands in a ring network with busy nodes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC26 citations92
US5852718ADec 22, 1998
Method and apparatus for hybrid packet-switched and circuit-switched flow control in a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC29 citations92
US5710891AJan 20, 1998
Pipelined distributed bus arbitration system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC35 citations92
US5161162ANov 3, 1992
Method and apparatus for system bus testability through loopback
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC29 citations88
US6662306B2Dec 9, 2003
Fast forwarding slave requests in a packet-switched computer system by transmitting request to slave in advance to avoid arbitration delay when system controller validates request
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US5987579ANov 16, 1999
Method and apparatus for quickly initiating memory accesses in a multiprocessor cache coherent computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations74
US5862356AJan 19, 1999
Pipelined distributed bus arbitration system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations74