Patents by Inventor JERRY A. AHRENS

JERRY A. AHRENS 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: 11835998
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses control the clock rate of a processing unit. The methods and apparatus control the clock rate by generating an output clock rate based on the determined frequency adjustment such that the processing unit maintains the overclocking. The methods include: receiving an analog voltage supply in response to detecting overclocking in the processing unit; dynamically sensing measurements of an output voltage from a voltage generator based on the received analog voltage supply; determining characteristics of a voltage droop in the output voltage based on the dynamically sensed output voltage measurements; determining a frequency adjustment for the clock rate of the processing unit based on the determined characteristics of the voltage droop; and generating an output clock rate based on the determined frequency adjustment such that the processing unit maintains the overclocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Amitabh Mehra, Jerry A. Ahrens, Anil Harwani, Richard Martin Born, Dirk J. Robinson, William R. Alverson, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Patent number: 11720266
    Abstract: Automatic memory overclocking, including: increasing a memory frequency setting for a memory module until a memory stability test fails; determining an overclocked memory frequency setting including a highest memory frequency setting passing the memory stability test; and generating a profile including the overclocked memory frequency setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William R. Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Anil Harwani, Jerry A. Ahrens, Grant E. Ley, Jayesh Joshi
  • Publication number: 20220413543
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses control the clock rate of a processing unit. The methods and apparatus control the clock rate by generating an output clock rate based on the determined frequency adjustment such that the processing unit maintains the overclocking. The methods include: receiving an analog voltage supply in response to detecting overclocking in the processing unit; dynamically sensing measurements of an output voltage from a voltage generator based on the received analog voltage supply; determining characteristics of a voltage droop in the output voltage based on the dynamically sensed output voltage measurements; determining a frequency adjustment for the clock rate of the processing unit based on the determined characteristics of the voltage droop; and generating an output clock rate based on the determined frequency adjustment such that the processing unit maintains the overclocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Amitabh Mehra, Jerry A. Ahrens, Anil Harwani, Richard Martin Born, Dirk J. Robinson, William R. Alverson, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Patent number: 11435806
    Abstract: Automatic voltage reconfiguration in a computer processor including one or more cores includes executing one or more user-specified workloads; determining, based on the user-specified workloads, a respective minimum safe voltage for each core of one or more cores; and modifying a respective voltage configuration for each core of the one or more cores based on the respective minimum safe voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Jerry A. Ahrens, Amitabh Mehra, Anil Harwani, William R. Alverson, Grant E. Ley, Charles Sy Lee
  • Patent number: 11436114
    Abstract: Automatic part testing includes: booting a part under testing into a first operating environment; executing, via the first operating environment, one or more test patterns on the part; performing a comparison between one or more observed characteristics associated with the one or more test patterns and one or more expected characteristics; and modifying one or more operational parameters of a central processing unit of the part based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Amitabh Mehra, Anil Harwani, William R. Alverson, Grant E. Ley, Jerry A. Ahrens, Mustansir M. Pratapgarhwala, Scott E. Swanstrom
  • Publication number: 20220155982
    Abstract: Automatic memory overclocking, including: increasing a memory frequency setting for a memory module until a memory stability test fails; determining an overclocked memory frequency setting including a highest memory frequency setting passing the memory stability test; and generating a profile including the overclocked memory frequency setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, AMITABH MEHRA, ANIL HARWANI, JERRY A. AHRENS, GRANT E. LEY, JAYESH JOSHI
  • Patent number: 11262924
    Abstract: Automatic memory overclocking, including: increasing a memory frequency setting for a memory module until a memory stability test fails; determining an overclocked memory frequency setting including a highest memory frequency setting passing the memory stability test; and generating a profile including the overclocked memory frequency setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William R. Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Anil Harwani, Jerry A. Ahrens, Grant E. Ley, Jayesh Joshi
  • Publication number: 20210349797
    Abstract: Automatic part testing includes: booting a part under testing into a first operating environment; executing, via the first operating environment, one or more test patterns on the part; performing a comparison between one or more observed characteristics associated with the one or more test patterns and one or more expected characteristics; and modifying one or more operational parameters of a central processing unit of the part based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: AMITABH MEHRA, ANIL HARWANI, WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, GRANT E. LEY, JERRY A. AHRENS, MUSTANSIR M. PRATAPGARHWALA, SCOTT E. SWANSTROM
  • Patent number: 11068368
    Abstract: Automatic part testing includes: booting a part under testing into a first operating environment; executing, via the first operating environment, one or more test patterns on the part; performing a comparison between one or more observed characteristics associated with the one or more test patterns and one or more expected characteristics; and modifying one or more operational parameters of a central processing unit of the part based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Amitabh Mehra, Anil Harwani, William R. Alverson, Grant E. Ley, Jerry A. Ahrens, Mustansir M. Pratapgarhwala, Scott E. Swanstrom
  • Publication number: 20210200456
    Abstract: Automatic memory overclocking, including: increasing a memory frequency setting for a memory module until a memory stability test fails; determining an overclocked memory frequency setting including a highest memory frequency setting passing the memory stability test; and generating a profile including the overclocked memory frequency setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, AMITABH MEHRA, ANIL HARWANI, JERRY A. AHRENS, GRANT E. LEY, JAYESH JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210191778
    Abstract: Automatic central processing unit (CPU) usage optimization includes: monitoring performance activity of a workload comprising a plurality of threads; and modifying a resource allocation of a plurality of cores for the plurality of threads based on the performance activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: ANIL HARWANI, AMITABH MEHRA, WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, GRANT E. LEY, JERRY A. AHRENS, KENNETH MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20210182163
    Abstract: Automatic part testing includes: booting a part under testing into a first operating environment; executing, via the first operating environment, one or more test patterns on the part; performing a comparison between one or more observed characteristics associated with the one or more test patterns and one or more expected characteristics; and modifying one or more operational parameters of a central processing unit of the part based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: AMITABH MEHRA, ANIL HARWANI, WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, GRANT E. LEY, JERRY A. AHRENS, MUSTANSIR M. PRATAPGARHWALA, SCOTT E. SWANSTROM
  • Publication number: 20210181825
    Abstract: Automatic voltage reconfiguration in a computer processor including one or more cores includes executing one or more user-specified workloads; determining, based on the user-specified workloads, a respective minimum safe voltage for each core of one or more cores; and modifying a respective voltage configuration for each core of the one or more cores based on the respective minimum safe voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: JERRY A. AHRENS, AMITABH MEHRA, ANIL HARWANI, WILLIAM R. ALVERSON, GRANT E. LEY, CHARLES SY LEE