Patents by Inventor David Russel Soper

David Russel Soper 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).

  • Method and system for dynamically adjusting DRAM refresh rate
    Patent number: 7305518
    Abstract: One embodiment is a method of dynamically adjusting a rate at which a dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) module is refreshed in a computer system. The method comprises monitoring a plurality of system conditions; detecting a change in at least one of the monitored system conditions; responsive to the detection, determining an optimum refresh rate for a current state of the computer system; and setting the refresh rate to the determined optimum refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Roy Mehdi Zeighami, Brian M. Johnson, John M. Wastlick, David Russel Soper