Patents by Inventor Mani Azimi

Mani Azimi 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).

  • Mechanism for delivering interrupt messages
    Patent number: 6263397
    Abstract: An I/O agent delivers the interrupt message through a chipset to a system bus connected to a number of processors. The interrupt message includes the transaction type and a destination identification. The servicing processor on the system bus matches the destination identification with its own identification to determine if it is the intended recipient of the interrupt message. The I/O agent writes the data associated with the interrupt into the buffer queue inside the chipset. The chipset automatically flushes the contents of the buffer queue to the main memory before the interrupt message is delivered. The interrupt delivery mechanism avoids complexity and delay in handshaking operations between the chipset and the I/O agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Wu, Mani Azimi, Stephen Pawlowski, Daniel G. Lau, M. Jayakumar
  • Mechanism for delivering interrupt messages
    Patent number: 5848279
    Abstract: An I/O agent delivers the interrupt message through a chipset to a system bus connected to a number of processors. The interrupt message includes the transaction type and a destination identification. The servicing processor on the system bus matches the destination identification with its own identification to determine if it is the intended recipient of the interrupt message. The I/O agent writes the data associated with the interrupt into the buffer queue inside the chipset. The chipset automatically flushes the contents of the buffer queue to the main memory before the interrupt message is delivered. The interrupt delivery mechanism avoids complexity and delay in handshaking operations between the chipset and the I/O agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Wu, Mani Azimi, Stephen Pawlowski, Daniel G. Lau, Muthurajan Jayakumar