Patents by Inventor Dirk F. Blevins

Dirk F. Blevins 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).

  • Computer architecture to provide flexibility and/or scalability
    Patent number: 10133697
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may include a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link to directly couple a slot with a network fabric. The slot may be defined by a surface and/or may accommodate a hardware module. A rack unit implementation may be utilized, such as a one rack unit (1U) implementation, a four rack unit (4U) implementation, and so on. The network fabric may be utilized when hardware modules communicate across the PCIe link, may be bypassed when hardware modules communicate across an additional PCIe link, and so on. The PCIe link may include a direct connect point-to-point PCIe link, a dual star PCIe link, and so on. In addition, the PCIe link may be utilized in a rack-scale architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dirk F. Blevins, John M. Morgan, Marc A. Goldschmidt, Edward J. Pullin
  • COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AND/OR SCALABILITY
    Publication number: 20180024955
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may include a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link to directly couple a slot with a network fabric. The slot may be defined by a surface and/or may accommodate a hardware module. A rack unit implementation may be utilized, such as a one rack unit (1U) implementation, a four rack unit (4U) implementation, and so on. The network fabric may be utilized when hardware modules communicate across the PCIe link, may be bypassed when hardware modules communicate across an additional PCIe link, and so on. The PCIe link may include a direct connect point-to-point PCIe link, a dual star PCIe link, and so on. In addition, the PCIe link may be utilized in a rack-scale architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk F. Blevins, John M. Morgan, Marc A. Goldschmidt, Edward J. Pullin
  • Computer architecture to provide flexibility and/or scalability
    Patent number: 9792243
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may include a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link to directly couple a slot with a network fabric. The slot may be defined by a surface and/or may accommodate a hardware module. A rack unit implementation may be utilized, such as a one rack unit (1 U) implementation, a four rack unit (4 U) implementation, and so on. The network fabric may be utilized when hardware modules communicate across the PCIe link, may be bypassed when hardware modules communicate across an additional PCIe link, and so on. The PCIe link may include a direct connect point-to-point PCIe link, a dual star PCIe link, and so on. In addition, the PCIe link may be utilized in a rack-scale architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dirk F. Blevins, John M. Morgan, Marc A. Goldschmidt, Edward J. Pullin
  • COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AND/OR SCALABILITY
    Publication number: 20150186319
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may include a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link to directly couple a slot with a network fabric. The slot may be defined by a surface and/or may accommodate a hardware module. A rack unit implementation may be utilized, such as a one rack unit (1 U) implementation, a four rack unit (4 U) implementation, and so on. The network fabric may be utilized when hardware modules communicate across the PCIe link, may be bypassed when hardware modules communicate across an additional PCIe link, and so on. The PCIe link may include a direct connect point-to-point PCIe link, a dual star PCIe link, and so on. In addition, the PCIe link may be utilized in a rack-scale architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk F. Blevins, John M. Morgan, Marc A. Goldschmidt, Edward J. Pullin