Patents by Inventor Gregory J. McKnight
Gregory J. McKnight 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).
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Publication number: 20180199471Abstract: A method of managing a power supply system for a data center includes circulating a fluid in a cooling circuit, obtaining data regarding a server located in the data center using a sensor, controlling the transfer of heat energy from the server to the fluid based on the data, coupling the fluid to an electrochemical power generator, and generating power for the server using the fluid in the electrochemical power generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Christian L. Belady, Douglas M. Carmean, William Gates, Shaun L. Harris, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Sean M. James, Brian A. Janous, Jordin T. Kare, Jie Liu, Max N. Mankin, Gregory J. McKnight, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood,, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Patent number: 9949411Abstract: A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Christian L. Belady, Douglas M. Carmean, William Gates, Shaun L. Harris, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Sean M. James, Brian A. Janous, Jordin T. Kare, Jie Liu, Max N. Mankin, Gregory J. McKnight, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Publication number: 20170251574Abstract: A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Christian L. Belady, Douglas M. Carmean, William Gates, Shaun L. Harris, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Sean M. James, Brian A. Janous, Jordin T. Kare, Jie Liu, Max N. Mankin, Gregory J. McKnight, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood,, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Patent number: 9655285Abstract: A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Christian L. Belady, Douglas M. Carmean, William Gates, Shaun L. Harris, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Sean M. James, Brian A. Janous, Jordin T. Kare, Jie Liu, Max N. Mankin, Gregory J. McKnight, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Publication number: 20160157388Abstract: A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Christian L. Belady, Douglas M. Carmean, William Gates, Shaun L. Harris, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Sean M. James, Brian A. Janous, Jordin T. Kare, Jie Liu, Max N. Mankin, Gregory J. McKnight, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood,, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Patent number: 8953316Abstract: A container includes first and second long sides parallel to the container's length. Racks are organized in rows parallel to the container's width. Each rack is receptive to installation of equipment along a height of the data rack parallel to the container's height. Openings are defined within the first and/or second long sides of the container. Heat exchangers may be installed, where each exchanger is installed on a rack to cool air exhausted by any equipment installed on this rack. Each row may include as many of the racks positioned side-to-side, length-wise, and parallel to the width of the container as can fit within the container. The racks of each row may be slidable in unison back and forth along the length of the container, between a first position at which the racks block an opening and a second position at which the racks block another opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Paul A. Wormsbecher, Gregory J. McKnight, Michael S. Miller, Howard V. Mahaney
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Patent number: 8589932Abstract: Data processing workload control in a data center is provided, where the data center includes computers whose operations consume power and a workload controller composed of automated computing machinery that controls the overall data processing workload in the data center. The data processing workload is composed of a plurality of specific data processing jobs, including scheduling, by the workload controller in dependence upon power performance information, the data processing jobs for execution upon the computers in the data center, the power performance information including power consumption at a plurality of power-conserving states for each computer in the data center that executes data processing jobs and dispatching by the workload controller the data processing jobs as scheduled for execution on computers in the data center.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fred A. Bower, III, Deepak W. Elias, Nikhil Hegde, Jason M. Heim, Sandhya Kapoor, Gregory J. McKnight, Peter J. Morjan, Tony W. Offer
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Patent number: 8489909Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for displaying the operating efficiency of a processor. Embodiments include determining, by an efficiency monitor, a voltage level that a voltage regulator device provides to a processor; determining, by the efficiency monitor, whether the voltage level is within a predetermined minimum voltage range; and if the voltage level is within the predetermined minimum voltage range, displaying, by the efficiency monitor, a user notification indicating an efficiency of the processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory J. McKnight, Robert R. Wolford
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Patent number: 8255740Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include computer-implemented methods for selectively applying remedial actions, according to a predefined order, for reducing the error rate in a computer memory system. In one embodiment, an ordered set of remedial actions are sequentially invoked in response to a single-bit error (SBE) in a DIMM reaching successive error thresholds. For example, in an air-cooled system, the remedial actions may include dynamically increasing a DIMM refresh rate, dynamically increasing a rate of airflow used to cool the DIMMs, and dynamically throttling the DIMMs. The remedial actions may be layered as they are successively invoked, to provide a cumulative remedial effect. At least two of the remedial actions may be simultaneously invoked in response to a multi-bit error rate reaching an associated threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vinod Kamath, Jason A. Matteson, Gregory J. McKnight, Mark E. Steinke
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Publication number: 20120079314Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include computer-implemented methods for selectively applying remedial actions, according to a predefined order, for reducing the error rate in a computer memory system. In one embodiment, an ordered set of remedial actions are sequentially invoked in response to a single-bit error (SBE) in a DIMM reaching successive error thresholds. For example, in an air-cooled system, the remedial actions may include dynamically increasing a DIMM refresh rate, dynamically increasing a rate of airflow used to cool the DIMMs, and dynamically throttling the DIMMs. The remedial actions may be layered as they are successively invoked, to provide a cumulative remedial effect. At least two of the remedial actions may be simultaneously invoked in response to a multi-bit error rate reaching an associated threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vinod Kamath, Jason A. Matteson, Gregory J. McKnight, Mark E. Steinke
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Publication number: 20120079305Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for displaying the operating efficiency of a processor. Embodiments include determining, by an efficiency monitor, a voltage level that a voltage regulator device provides to a processor; determining, by the efficiency monitor, whether the voltage level is within a predetermined minimum voltage range; and if the voltage level is within the predetermined minimum voltage range, displaying, by the efficiency monitor, a user notification indicating an efficiency of the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert R. Wolford, Gregory J. McKnight
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Publication number: 20120075806Abstract: A container includes first and second long sides parallel to the container's length. Racks are organized in rows parallel to the container's width. Each rack is receptive to installation of equipment along a height of the data rack parallel to the container's height. Openings are defined within the first and/or second long sides of the container. Heat exchangers may be installed, where each exchanger is installed on a rack to cool air exhausted by any equipment installed on this rack. Each row may include as many of the racks positioned side-to-side, length-wise, and parallel to the width of the container as can fit within the container. The racks of each row may be slidable in unison back and forth along the length of the container, between a first position at which the racks block an opening and a second position at which the racks block another opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Paul A. Wormsbecher, Gregory J. McKnight, Michael S. Miller, Howard V. Mahaney
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Patent number: 8116080Abstract: A container includes first and second long sides parallel to the container's length. Racks are organized in rows parallel to the container's width. Each rack is receptive to installation of equipment along a height of the data rack parallel to the container's height. Openings are defined within the first and/or second long sides of the container. Heat exchangers may be installed, where each exchanger is installed on a rack to cool air exhausted by any equipment installed on this rack. Each row may include as many of the racks positioned side-to-side, length-wise, and parallel to the width of the container as can fit within the container. The racks of each row may be slidable in unison back and forth along the length of the container, between a first position at which the racks block an opening and a second position at which the racks block another opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul A. Wormsbecher, Gregory J. McKnight, Michael S. Miller, Howard V. Mahaney
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Patent number: 8103907Abstract: Systems and methods that provide power redundancy to a computer system without increasing the number of independent power supplies used. A system having N computing modules may have power redundancy using N power supplies, where each of the N power supplies are able to supply more power than required by an associated computing module, and where all but one (N?1) of the power supplies collectively can immediately supply power to any one of the computing modules when the power supply associated with that computing module fails.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jan M. Janick, Randhir S. Malik, Gregory J. McKnight
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Publication number: 20120005683Abstract: Data processing workload control in a data center is provided, where the data center includes computers whose operations consume power and a workload controller composed of automated computing machinery that controls the overall data processing workload in the data center. The data processing workload is composed of a plurality of specific data processing jobs, including scheduling, by the workload controller in dependence upon power performance information, the data processing jobs for execution upon the computers in the data center, the power performance information including power consumption at a plurality of power-conserving states for each computer in the data center that executes data processing jobs and dispatching by the workload controller the data processing jobs as scheduled for execution on computers in the data center.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Fred A. Bower, III, Deepak W. Elias, Nikhil Hegde, Jason M. Heim, Sandhya Kapoor, Gregory J. McKnight, Peter Morjan, Tony W. Offer
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Publication number: 20110157829Abstract: A container includes first and second long sides parallel to the container's length. Racks are organized in rows parallel to the container's width. Each rack is receptive to installation of equipment along a height of the data rack parallel to the container's height. Openings are defined within the first and/or second long sides of the container. Heat exchangers may be installed, where each exchanger is installed on a rack to cool air exhausted by any equipment installed on this rack. Each row may include as many of the racks positioned side-to-side, length-wise, and parallel to the width of the container as can fit within the container. The racks of each row may be slidable in unison back and forth along the length of the container, between a first position at which the racks block an opening and a second position at which the racks block another opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Paul A. Wormsbecher, Gregory J. McKnight, Michael S. Miller, Howard V. Mahaney
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Publication number: 20110102996Abstract: Systems and methods that provide power redundancy to a computer system without increasing the number of independent power supplies used. A system having N computing modules may have power redundancy using N power supplies, where each of the N power supplies are able to supply more power than required by an associated computing module, and where all but one (N?1) of the power supplies collectively can immediately supply power to any one of the computing modules when the power supply associated with that computing module fails.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jan M. Janick, Randhir S. Malik, Gregory J. McKnight
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Patent number: 7925911Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing computer power among a plurality of computers so that the aggregate power consumption does not exceed a maximum subscription amount, the maximum subscription amount comprising the maximum amount of power that can be supplied to the plurality of computers.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas M. Brey, Raymond M. Clemo, Beth F. Loebach, Gregory J. McKnight
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Publication number: 20090132842Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing power consumption of computing devices in a computer equipment rack. Embodiments include monitoring aggregate power consumption of a plurality of computing devices in the computer equipment rack; determining whether the aggregate power consumption exceeds a predetermined maximum threshold; if the aggregate power consumption exceeds the predetermined maximum threshold, selecting a number of computing devices for throttling in dependence upon priority; and throttling-down the selected computing devices computing devices, reducing the aggregate power consumption to a level below the predetermined maximum threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. Brey, Raymond M. Clemo, Beth F. Loebach, Gregory J. McKnight
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Publication number: 20090089595Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing computer power among a plurality of computers so that the aggregate power consumption does not exceed a maximum subscription amount, the maximum subscription amount comprising the maximum amount of power that can be supplied to the plurality of computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSNIESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. Brey, Raymond M. Clemo, Beth F. Loebach, Gregory J. McKnight