Inventor
COLLINS DAVID L
US21 patents
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HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
9 patentsUS6625730B1Sep 23, 2003
System for validating a bios program and memory coupled therewith by using a boot block program having a validation routine
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO142 citations96
US7073064B1Jul 4, 2006
Method and apparatus to provide enhanced computer protection
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO58 citations95
US7100034B2Aug 29, 2006
System for selecting another processor to be the boot strap processor when the default boot strap processor does not have local memory
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO26 citations90
US7024550B2Apr 4, 2006
Method and apparatus for recovering from corrupted system firmware in a computer system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO22 citations90
US6889341B2May 3, 2005
Method and apparatus for maintaining data integrity using a system management processor
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO19 citations90
US7299467B2Nov 20, 2007
Method and system for minimizing memory access latency in a computer system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO8 citations71
US6915393B2Jul 5, 2005
Method and apparatus for physical memory partitioning
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO7 citations71
US7340561B2Mar 4, 2008
Computer memory initialization
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO3 citations62
US6725324B2Apr 20, 2004
Method and apparatus for increasing flash ROM programming performance in a multiple processor computer system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO1 citations50
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP
3 patentsUS6158000ADec 5, 2000
Shared memory initialization method for system having multiple processor capability
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP289 citations98
US6119228ASep 12, 2000
Method for securely communicating remote control commands in a computer network
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP194 citations96
US6321278B1Nov 20, 2001
Automatically detecting a connection into a computer system standardized connector for disabling a front speaker
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP65 citations93