Patents by Inventor Alex W. Schaefer

Alex W. Schaefer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11966283
    Abstract: An exemplary computing device includes a plurality of circuits and/or a plurality of in-situ monitors configured to generate outputs that indicate one or more operating conditions of the circuits. The computing device also includes a system management unit configured to detect a potentially faulty voltage-to-frequency ratio implemented by one of the circuits based at least in part on one or more of the outputs. The system management unit is also configured to modify the potentially faulty voltage-to-frequency ratio based at least in part on one or more of the outputs. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Divya Madapusi Srinivas Prasad, Sudhanva Gurumurthi, Yasuko Eckert, Jeffrey Richard Rearick, Sankaranarayanan Gurumurthy, Amitabh Mehra, Shidhartha Das, Alex W. Schaefer, Vikram Ramachandra, Vilas Sridharan
  • Publication number: 20130083591
    Abstract: An integrated circuit memory is disclosed in which an array of 8 T SRAM cells is arranged in rows and columns using a plurality of write wordlines for each row of 8 T SRAM cells to control write access to cells in the row associated with a first parity/ECC word and a second write wordline operable to control write access to cells in the row associated with a second parity/ECC word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: John J. Wuu, Don R. Weiss, Kathryn E. Wilcox, Alex W. Schaefer, Kerrie V. Underhill