Patents by Inventor Alan R. DUNCAN

Alan R. DUNCAN 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: 10002057
    Abstract: A processing system comprising a first processing domain and a second processing domain. Each of the first processing domain and the second processing domain comprises a multi-threaded processor core arranged to output a set of internal state signals representative of current states of internal components of the respective processor core. The processing system further comprises a supervisor component arranged to receive the sets of internal state signals output by the processor cores of the first and second processing domains, compare internal state signals output by the processor core of the first processing domain to corresponding internal state signals output by the processor core of the second processing domain, and upon detection of a mismatch between compared internal state signals to initiate a reset of a thread under the execution of which the detected mismatch of internal state signals occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: James Andrew Collier Scobie, Alan R. Duncan, Alison Young, Alistair P. Robertson
  • Publication number: 20170351577
    Abstract: A processing system comprising a first processing domain and a second processing domain. Each of the first processing domain and the second processing domain comprises a multi-threaded processor core arranged to output a set of internal state signals representative of current states of internal components of the respective processor core. The processing system further comprises a supervisor component arranged to receive the sets of internal state signals output by the processor cores of the first and second processing domains, compare internal state signals output by the processor core of the first processing domain to corresponding internal state signals output by the processor core of the second processing domain, and upon detection of a mismatch between compared internal state signals to initiate a reset of a thread under the execution of which the detected mismatch of internal state signals occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: James Andrew Collier SCOBIE, Alan R. DUNCAN, Alison YOUNG, Alistair P. ROBERTSON