Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Gibbons

Kenneth J. Gibbons 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 for improving un-correctable errors in a computer system
    Patent number: 7478307
    Abstract: A system and method for storing error correction check words in computer memory modules. Check bits stored within a given word line in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip are assigned to different check words. By assigning check bits to check words in this manner, multi-bit soft errors resulting from the failure of a word line will appear as single-bit errors to an error correction subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tayung Wong, Kenneth J. Gibbons, Neil N. Duncan