Patents by Inventor Dave Parry

Dave Parry 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).

  • Modular computing architecture having common communication interface
    Patent number: 6829666
    Abstract: A distributed, shared memory computer architecture that is organized into a set of functionally independent processing nodes operating in a global, shared address space. Each node has one or more local processors, local memory and includes a common communication interface for communicating with other modules within the system via a message protocol. The common communication interface provides a single high-speed communications center within each node to operatively couple the node to one or more external processing nodes, an external routing module, an input/output (I/O) module. The common communication interface that facilitates the ability to incrementally add and swap the nodes of the system without disrupting the overall computing resources of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin M. Deneroff, Steve Dean, Timothy S. McCann, John Brennan, Dave Parry, John Mashey