Patents by Inventor Allan Rowe Steel

Allan Rowe Steel 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting the presence and identification of level two cache modules
    Patent number: 6055600
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and identifying the attributes of level-2 (L2) memory cache modules in a computer system. An ID Module is attached to each L2 cache memory module containing memory attribute information such as size, presence or absence of parity, synchronous or asynchronous access ability, electrical timing, etc. The information is accessible using a parallel or serial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thoi Nguyen, Richard Nicholas Iachetta, Jr., Yashwant Sakarchand Kothari, Allan Rowe Steel, Keith Alan Cox