Patents Represented by Attorney Anthony V. S. Jenkens & Gilchrist England
  • Patent number: 5640570
    Abstract: An information handling system includes one or more processors, a system bus or network connecting the processors, a memory system connected to the system bus, an asynchronous signal controller connected to the system bus, one or more I/O bridges connected to the system bus, an I/O bus connected to each I/O bridge, one or more devices connected to the I/O bus, including perhaps another I/O-bus-to-I/O-bus bridge where additional devices may be connected to a second I/O bus, wherein the first or host bridge includes remote interrupt control logic having a register wherein an input to each position in the register is from one of the I/O devices downstream from the host bridge, and a shadow register address buffer, both under the control of a sample circuit connected to outputs of the register such that when a change in any register position is detected by the sample circuit, the entire contents of the register are sent to the shadow register indicated in the shadow register address buffer by a processor bypass t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joe Christopher St. Clair, Steven Mark Thurber
  • Patent number: 5524035
    Abstract: A dynamically switchable clock system having a symmetrical output signal includes a frequency doubler which couples the input frequency to provide greater resolution and synchronization of an output signal to an input signal in the frequency divider and the facility to handle odd divides as even divides at double frequency, a counter controlled by a divisor select signal, first and second compare circuits which compare against the preprogrammed count for division, the compare circuits receiving an input from the divisor select circuits, and having outputs to a counter reset line and to an output clock S/R latch which provides the frequency divided symmetrical output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Humberto F. Casal, Rafey Mahmud, Trong Nguyen, Mark L. Shulman, Nandor G. Thoma