Patents by Inventor John W. C. Fu

John W. C. Fu 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 apparatus for handling data errors in a computer system
    Patent number: 6453427
    Abstract: An uncorrectable error is detected in the data of a computer system. The erroneous data is allowed to be stored in first and second caches of the computer system while the system runs first and second processes, the first process being associated with the data. The first process is terminated when an attempt is made to load the data from the cache. Meanwhile, the second process continues to run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nhon T. Quach, John W. C. Fu, James O. Hays, Valentin Anders, Sorin Iacobovici, Alberto J. Munoz, Dean A. Mulla
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING DATA ERRORS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20010049798
    Abstract: An uncorrectable error is detected in the data of a computer system. The erroneous data is allowed to be stored in first and second caches of the computer system while the system runs first and second processes, the first process being associated with the data. The first process is terminated when an attempt is made to load the data from the cache. Meanwhile, the second process continues to run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: NHON T. QUACH, JOHN W. C. FU, VALENTIN ANDERS, SORIN IACOBOVICI, ALBERTO J. MUNOZ, DEAN MULLA, JAMES O. HAYS
  • Method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for certain snoop errors in a system with multiple agents having cache memories
    Patent number: 6292906
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling cache snoop errors. According to one method disclosed, a snoop cycle having a snoop address is generated by a first bus agent. A second bus agent detects a snoop error in response to that bus cycle. As a result of the detected snoop error, the snoop error is signaled to the first bus agent, the bus agent which generated the snoop cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John W. C. Fu, Muthurajan Jayakumar