Patents by Inventor Amr El Monawir

Amr El Monawir 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).

  • Reducing startup time of an embedded system that includes an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 8166431
    Abstract: A method of reducing startup time of an embedded system can include: instantiating a circuit, specified by a first circuit design, within an integrated circuit (IC), booting a first build of an operating system executed by a processor to a steady state, and responsive to achieving the steady state, storing a circuit operational state of the circuit instantiated within the IC, an operational state of the processor, and a state of an executable memory utilized by the processor. A second circuit design can be created and a second build of the operating system can be created that collectively specify the circuit operational state, the operational state of the processor, and a state of an executable memory. The second circuit design and the second build of the operating system can be stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: David McAndrew, Juan J. Noguera Serra, Amr El Monawir