Patents by Inventor An-Chow Lai

An-Chow Lai 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).

  • System and method for link based computing system having automatically adjustable bandwidth and corresponding power consumption
    Patent number: 10911345
    Abstract: A method is described that involves determining that utilization of a logical link has reached a first threshold. The logical link comprises a first number of active physical links. The method also involves inactivating one or more of the physical links to produce a second number of active physical links. The second number is less than the first number. The method also involves determining that the second number of active physical links have not been utilized for a period of time and inactivating another set of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hemant G. Rotithor, An-Chow Lai
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINK BASED COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE BANDWIDTH AND CORRESPONDING POWER CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20190190810
    Abstract: A method is described that involves determining that utilization of a logical link has reached a first threshold. The logical link comprises a first number of active physical links. The method also involves inactivating one or more of the physical links to produce a second number of active physical links. The second number is less than the first number. The method also involves determining that the second number of active physical links have not been utilized for a period of time and inactivating another set of links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hemant G. Rotithor, An-Chow Lai
  • System and method for link based computing system having automatically adjustable bandwidth and corresponding power consumption
    Patent number: 10069711
    Abstract: A method is described that involves determining that utilization of a logical link has reached a first threshold. The logical link comprises a first number of active physical links. The method also involves inactivating one or more of the physical links to produce a second number of active physical links. The second number is less than the first number. The method also involves determining that the second number of active physical links have not been utilized for a period of time and inactivating another set of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hemant Rotithor, An-Chow Lai
  • System and method for link based computing system having automatically adjustable bandwidth and corresponding power consumption
    Publication number: 20080005303
    Abstract: A method is described that involves determining that utilization of a logical link has reached a first threshold. The logical link comprises a first number of active physical links. The method also involves inactivating one or more of the physical links to produce a second number of active physical links. The second number is less than the first number. The method also involves determining that the second number of active physical links have not been utilized for a period of time and inactivating another set of links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hemant Rotithor, An-Chow Lai
  • Method and an apparatus for interleaving read data return in a packetized interconnect to memory
    Publication number: 20050172091
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus to process read data return has been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes packing a cache line of each of a number of read data returns into one or more packets, splitting each of the one or more packets into a plurality of flits, and interleaving the plurality of flits of each of the plurality of read data returns. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hemant Rotithor, An-Chow Lai, Randy Osborne, Olivier Maquelin, Mladenko Vukic