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Kevin F. Reick
Also filed as: REICK KEVIN F · REICK KEVIN FRANKLIN
52 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,826 citations·filing 1996–2019
99Inventor score
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54 records- 0198US9720704B2Data driven hardware chips initialization via hardware procedure frameworkIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 1, 2017·96 cites·20 claims
- 0298US9720703B2Data driven hardware chips initialization via hardware procedure frameworkIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 1, 2017·94 cites·20 claims
- 0398US6631463B1Method and apparatus for patching problematic instructions in a microprocessor using software interruptsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 7, 2003·417 cites·30 claims
- 0495US6550020B1Method and system for dynamically configuring a central processing unit with multiple processing coresIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 15, 2003·114 cites·27 claims
- 0592US6629268B1Method and apparatus for servicing a processing system through a test portIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 30, 2003·76 cites·29 claims
- 0691US7080288B2Method and apparatus for interface failure survivability using error correctionIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 18, 2006·75 cites·20 claims
- 0786US7117388B2Dynamic, Non-invasive detection of hot-pluggable problem components and re-active re-allocation of system resources from problem componentsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 3, 2006·46 cites·19 claims
- 0886US6393594B1Method and system for performing pseudo-random testing of an integrated circuitIBM·Filed 1999·Granted May 21, 2002·63 cites·17 claims
- 0985US7467204B2Method for providing low-level hardware access to in-band and out-of-band firmwareIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 16, 2008·14 cites·1 claims
- 1084US7007210B2Method and system for handling multiple bit errors to enhance system reliabilityIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 28, 2006·38 cites·80 claims
- 1184US6446029B1Method and system for providing temporal threshold support during performance monitoring of a pipelined processorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 3, 2002·123 cites·29 claims
- 1283US6802031B2Method and apparatus for increasing the effectiveness of system debug and analysisIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 5, 2004·38 cites·36 claims
- 1383US6662133B2JTAG-based software to perform cumulative array repairIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·43 cites·25 claims
- 1480US8443313B2Circuit design optimizationWARD SAMUEL I·Filed 2010·Granted May 14, 2013·7 cites·24 claims
- 1580US7055003B2Data cache scrub mechanism for large L2/L3 data cache structuresIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·29 cites·24 claims
- 1679US6643796B1Method and apparatus for providing cooperative fault recovery between a processor and a service processorIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 4, 2003·27 cites·13 claims
- 1779US6539500B1System and method for tracingIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 25, 2003·85 cites·26 claims
- 1875US7117126B2Data processing system and method with dynamic idle for tunable interface calibrationIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 3, 2006·21 cites·25 claims
- 1975US6654917B1Method and apparatus for scanning free-running logicIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 25, 2003·18 cites·29 claims
- 2074US6990545B2Non-disruptive, dynamic hot-plug and hot-remove of server nodes in an SMPIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 24, 2006·20 cites·21 claims
- 2173US7765362B2Efficient system bootstrap loadingIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 27, 2010·5 cites·8 claims
- 2273US6633838B1Multi-state logic analyzer integral to a microprocessorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 14, 2003·64 cites·18 claims
- 2372US7418541B2Method for indirect access to a support interface for memory-mapped resources to reduce system connectivity from out-of-band support processorIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·5 cites·1 claims
- 2471US8271738B2Apparatus for operating cache-inhibited memory mapped commands to access registersFIELDS JR JAMES STEPHEN·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 18, 2012·6 cites·9 claims
- 2571US6587963B1Method for performing hierarchical hang detection in a computer systemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 1, 2003·16 cites·20 claims
- 2671US6543002B1Recovery from hang condition in a microprocessorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 1, 2003·55 cites·25 claims
- 2770US7089462B2Early clock fault detection method and circuit for detecting clock faults in a multiprocessing systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 8, 2006·14 cites·20 claims
- 2870US6832342B2Method and apparatus for reducing hardware scan dump dataIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 14, 2004·15 cites·12 claims
- 2968US7386678B2Efficient system bootstrap loadingIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 10, 2008·3 cites·5 claims
- 3067US8650431B2Non-disruptive hardware changeFLOYD MICHAEL S·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 11, 2014·3 cites·19 claims
- 3163US8176355B2Recovery from hardware access errorsCROWELL DANIEL M·Filed 2007·Granted May 8, 2012·3 cites·20 claims
- 3263US7392350B2Method to operate cache-inhibited memory mapped commands to access registersIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 24, 2008·2 cites·5 claims
- 3363US6745321B1Method and apparatus for harvesting problematic code sections aggravating hardware design flaws in a microprocessorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 1, 2004·38 cites·30 claims
- 3462US8285939B2Lateral castout target selectionGUTHRIE GUY L·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 9, 2012·2 cites·19 claims
- 3559US8291259B2Delete of cache line with correctable errorGUTHRIE GUY L·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 16, 2012·1 cites·29 claims
- 3658US6333653B1System and method for phase alignment of a plurality of clock pulses when starting, stopping and pulsing clocksIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 25, 2001·19 cites·23 claims
- 3756US9251076B2Epoch-based recovery for coherent attached processor proxyIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·0 cites·9 claims
- 3855US6438722B1Method and system for testing an integrated circuitIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 20, 2002·31 cites·17 claims
- 3955US6415378B1Method and system for tracking the progress of an instruction in an out-of-order processorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 2, 2002·30 cites·32 claims
- 4054US9021211B2Epoch-based recovery for coherent attached processor proxyIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 28, 2015·0 cites·21 claims
- 4153US11422611B2Adaptive frequency optimization in processorsIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 23, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4253US7916722B2Method for indirect access to a support interface for memory-mapped resources to reduce system connectivity from out-of-band support processorIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 29, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 4352US8090823B2Providing low-level hardware access to in-band and out-of-band firmwareFIELDS JR JAMES STEPHEN·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 3, 2012·0 cites·19 claims
- 4451US10509457B2Adaptive frequency optimization in processorsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 17, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 4551US7574581B2Cross-chip communication mechanism in distributed node topology to access free-running scan registers in clock-controlled componentsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 11, 2009·3 cites·7 claims
- 4651US7055002B2Integrated purge store mechanism to flush L2/L3 cache structure for improved reliabity and serviceabilityIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·1 cites·21 claims
- 4747US6543003B1Method and apparatus for multi-stage hang recovery in an out-of-order microprocessorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 1, 2003·18 cites·44 claims
- 4847US6321380B1Method and apparatus for modifying instruction operations in a processorIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 20, 2001·18 cites·30 claims
- 4944US2004216003A1Mechanism for FRU fault isolation in distributed nodal environmentIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 5044US2004215864A1Non-disruptive, dynamic hot-add and hot-remove of non-symmetric data processing system resourcesIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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