Patents by Inventor JOSHUA D. RUGGIERO

JOSHUA D. RUGGIERO 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: 9612901
    Abstract: Use of hybrid error correcting code (ECC) techniques. A memory access request having an associated address is received. A memory controller determines whether the address corresponds to a first region of a memory for which ECC techniques are applied or a second region of the memory for which ECC techniques are not applied. The memory access is processed utilizing ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the first region of the memory, a transaction indicator and an execution unit indicator, and processed without utilizing the ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the second region of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua D. Ruggiero, James A. Coleman, Gary J. Lavelle
  • Publication number: 20140157043
    Abstract: Use of hybrid error correcting code (ECC) techniques. A memory access request having an associated address is received. A memory controller determines whether the address corresponds to a first region of a memory for which ECC techniques are applied or a second region of the memory for which ECC techniques are not applied. The memory access is processed utilizing ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the first region of the memory and processed without utilizing the ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the second region of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Joshua D. Ruggiero
  • Publication number: 20130262958
    Abstract: Use of hybrid error correcting code (ECC) techniques. A memory access request having an associated address is received. A memory controller determines whether the address corresponds to a first region of a memory for which ECC techniques are applied or a second region of the memory for which ECC techniques are not applied. The memory access is processed utilizing ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the first region of the memory, a transaction indicator and an execution unit indicator, and processed without utilizing the ECC techniques if the address corresponds to the second region of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: JOSHUA D. RUGGIERO, James A. Coleman, Gary J. Lavelle