Patents by Inventor Jeb A. Shookman

Jeb A. Shookman 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).

  • Patent number: 8127087
    Abstract: Read commands on a mirrored memory computer system are scheduled by utilizing information about pending memory access requests. A conflict queue is configured to track a read/write queue associated with each of a plurality of memory ports on the mirrored memory system. The conflict queue determines a predicted latency on each memory port based on the contents of each of the read/write queues. A compare logic unit is coupled to the conflict queue, wherein the compare logic unit compares a predicted latency of a primary memory and a mirrored memory and schedules read commands to the memory port with the lowest predicted latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Herman L. Blackmon, Joseph A. Kirscht, Elizabeth A. McGlone, Jeb A. Shookman
  • Publication number: 20100205383
    Abstract: The present invention describes improving the scheduling of read commands on a mirrored memory computer system by utilizing information about pending memory access requests. A conflict queue is configured to track a read/write queue associated with each of a plurality of memory ports on the mirrored memory system. The conflict queue determines a predicted latency on each memory port based on the contents of each of the read/write queues. A compare logic unit is coupled to the conflict queue, wherein the compare logic unit compares a predicted latency of a primary memory and a mirrored memory and schedules read commands to the memory port with the lowest predicted latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herman L. Blackmon, Joseph A. Kirscht, Elizabeth A. McGlone, Jeb A. Shookman