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Donald W. Smelser
Also filed as: SMELSER DONALD · SMELSER DONALD W · SMELSER DONALD WAYNE
23 granted patents·1,440 citations·filing 1987–1999
97Inventor score
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23 records- 0194US5459742ASolid state disk memory using storage devices with defectsQUANTUM CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 17, 1995·139 cites·5 claims
- 0294US5191404AHigh density memory array packagingDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 2, 1993·233 cites·5 claims
- 0394US4782487AMemory test method and apparatusDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 1, 1988·86 cites·19 claims
- 0489US5754753AMultiple-bit error correction in computer main memoryDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 19, 1998·158 cites·19 claims
- 0589US5033048AMemory selftest method and apparatus sameDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 16, 1991·117 cites·26 claims
- 0685US4980888AMemory testing systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Dec 25, 1990·48 cites·28 claims
- 0783US5659713AMemory stream buffer with variable-size prefetch depending on memory interleaving configurationDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 19, 1997·114 cites·20 claims
- 0883US5481555ASystem and method for error detection and reducing simultaneous switching noiseDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 2, 1996·48 cites·48 claims
- 0983US5099484AMultiple bit error detection and correction system employing a modified Reed-Solomon code incorporating address parity and catastrophic failure detectionDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 24, 1992·74 cites·35 claims
- 1079US5490113AMemory stream bufferDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 6, 1996·45 cites·8 claims
- 1179US4817095AByte write error code method and apparatusDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Mar 28, 1989·37 cites·36 claims
- 1277US5371870AStream buffer memory having a multiple-entry address history buffer for detecting sequential reads to initiate prefetchingDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 6, 1994·75 cites·16 claims
- 1374US5216672AParallel diagnostic mode for testing computer memoryDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 1, 1993·35 cites·24 claims
- 1468US6077306ABus interface slicing mechanism allowing for a control/data path sliceCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 20, 2000·43 cites·17 claims
- 1566US5956352AAdjustable filter for error detecting and correcting systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 21, 1999·25 cites·9 claims
- 1666US5461718ASystem for sequential read of memory stream buffer detecting page mode cycles availability fetching data into a selected FIFO, and sending data without aceessing memoryDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 24, 1995·46 cites·18 claims
- 1763US5014273ABad data algorithmDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1989·Granted May 7, 1991·31 cites·14 claims
- 1857US5251310AMethod and apparatus for exchanging blocks of information between a cache memory and a main memoryDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 5, 1993·36 cites·8 claims
- 1945US5357529AError detecting and correcting apparatus and method with transparent test modeDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 18, 1994·10 cites·13 claims
- 2043US5452418AMethod of using stream buffer to perform operation under normal operation mode and selectively switching to test mode to check data integrity during system operationDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 19, 1995·15 cites·4 claims
- 2140US5276809AMethod and apparatus for capturing real-time data bus cycles in a data processing systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 4, 1994·13 cites·9 claims
- 2238US5392288AAddressing technique for a fault tolerant block-structured storage deviceQUANTUM CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 21, 1995·10 cites·12 claims
- 2330US5918029ABus interface slicing mechanism allowing for a control/data-path sliceDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 29, 1999·2 cites·6 claims
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