Patents by Inventor John F. Hutton

John F. Hutton 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).

  • System for providing physically separated compute and I/O resources in the datacenter to enable space and power savings
    Patent number: 8982552
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system and method disaggregate I/O resources from a server's compute resources, such as CPU and memory, by moving the server's local I/O devices to a remote location apart from the server's compute resources. An embodiment uses optical technology to accomplish the fast communication speeds needed between the compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources. Specifically, an embodiment uses fiber-optic cables and electrical-to-optical conversion to facilitate communication between the compute resources and the I/O resources. The compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources can be designed differently to allow conductive liquid cooling for the compute resources and air cooling for the I/O resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Arlen L. Roesner, Brandon Rubenstein, John F. Hutton, Richard Stanton Self
  • SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PHYSICALLY SEPARATED COMPUTE AND I/O RESOURCES IN THE DATACENTER TO ENABLE SPACE AND POWER SAVINGS
    Publication number: 20120134678
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system and method disaggregate I/O resources from a server's compute resources, such as CPU and memory, by moving the server's local I/O devices to a remote location apart from the server's compute resources. An embodiment uses optical technology to accomplish the fast communication speeds needed between the compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources. Specifically, an embodiment uses fiber-optic cables and electrical-to-optical conversion to facilitate communication between the compute resources and the I/O resources. The compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources can be designed differently to allow conductive liquid cooling for the compute resources and air cooling for the I/O resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Arlen L. Roesner, Brandon Rubenstein, John F. Hutton, Richard Stanton Self
  • Scan based multiple ring oscillator structure for on-chip speed measurement
    Publication number: 20020129293
    Abstract: The present invention bundles four ring oscillators, a 20-bit ripple counter and the necessary control logic needed to implement a JTAG scan based interface. The present system can be located on every die, so that each location can be individually tested. It communicates with the outside world through a standard JTAG interface. It is accessible at wafer, package, and system test which allows for several methods of correlating the oscillator speed to the speed of a part in the actual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: John F. Hutton, William A. Hudson, Daniel L. Halperin, Daniel W. Krueger, Jack T. Lavier, Mark D. Musgrove