Patents by Inventor Kirk E. Morrow
Kirk E. Morrow 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).
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Patent number: 10592116Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products retrieve data from a low retrieval speed device. A request is made to retrieve data from the low retrieval speed device. A determination is made that the time to respond to the request will exceed a threshold amount of time. In response to the determination that the time to respond to the request will exceed the threshold amount of time, a load stall interrupt is generated. In response to the load stall interrupt, one or more system resources associated with a source of the request are released.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles R. Johns, Kirk E. Morrow, Michael J. Neuling, James Xenidis
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Publication number: 20180260118Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products retrieve data from a low retrieval speed device. A request is made to retrieve data from the low retrieval speed device. A determination is made that the time to respond to the request will exceed a threshold amount of time. In response to the determination that the time to respond to the request will exceed the threshold amount of time, a load stall interrupt is generated. In response to the load stall interrupt, one or more system resources associated with a source of the request are released.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Charles R. Johns, Kirk E. Morrow, Michael J. Neuling, James Xenidis
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Patent number: 9971516Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products retrieve data from a low retrieval speed device. A request is made to retrieve data from the low retrieval speed device. A determination is made that the time to respond to the request will exceed a threshold amount of time. In response to the determination that the time to respond to the request will exceed the threshold amount of time, a load stall interrupt is generated. In response to the load stall interrupt, one or more system resources associated with a source of the request are released.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles R. Johns, Kirk E. Morrow, Michael J. Neuling, James Xenidis
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Publication number: 20180107385Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products retrieve data from a low retrieval speed device. A request is made to retrieve data from the low retrieval speed device. A determination is made that the time to respond to the request will exceed a threshold amount of time. In response to the determination that the time to respond to the request will exceed the threshold amount of time, a load stall interrupt is generated. In response to the load stall interrupt, one or more system resources associated with a source of the request are released.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Charles R. Johns, Kirk E. Morrow, Michael J. Neuling, James Xenidis
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Patent number: 7915884Abstract: Electronic component validation testing is facilitated by a method, system and program product which allows the importation of virtual signals derived from simulation verification testing of the electronic component design into electronic test equipment employed during validation testing of the actual electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Parag Birmiwal, Robert C. Dixon, Hien M. Le, Kirk E. Morrow
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Patent number: 7742357Abstract: Securing an integrated circuit, including fabricating the integrated circuit to include a multiplicity of unblown efuses, at least one surrogate efuse that emulates a blown efuse, non-volatile data representing the blown state of the surrogate efuse, and security circuitry; and setting, by the security circuitry when power is first applied to the integrated circuit, a security state of the integrated circuit in dependence upon whether a sensed state of the surrogate efuse is equal to the blown state of the surrogate efuse.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert C. Dixon, Kirk E. Morrow, Phil C. F. Paone
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Patent number: 7486585Abstract: Securing an integrated circuit, including fabricating the integrated circuit so that the integrated circuit includes at least one efuse that is intended to be always blown during operation of the integrated circuit and the integrated circuit includes security circuitry capable of blowing the efuse and of performing other security related functions; blowing, by the security circuitry of the integrated circuit, the efuse when power is applied to the integrated circuit and prior to performing any other security related functions; and setting, by the security circuitry after blowing the efuse, a security state of the integrated circuit in dependence upon a sensed state of the efuse.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert C. Dixon, Kirk E. Morrow, Phil C. F. Paone
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Publication number: 20090024346Abstract: Electronic component validation testing is facilitated by a method, system and program product which allows the importation of virtual signals derived from simulation verification testing of the electronic component design into electronic test equipment employed during validation testing of the actual electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Parag Birmiwal, Robert C. Dixon, Hien M. Le, Kirk E. Morrow
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Patent number: 7408336Abstract: Electronic component validation testing is facilitated by a method, system and program product which allows the importation of virtual signals derived from simulation verification testing of the electronic component design into electronic test equipment employed during validation testing of the actual electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Parag Birmiwal, Robert C. Dixon, Hien M. Le, Kirk E. Morrow
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Patent number: 7321522Abstract: Securing an integrated circuit, including fabricating the integrated circuit so that the integrated circuit includes at least one efuse that is intended to be always blown during operation of the integrated circuit and the integrated circuit includes security circuitry capable of blowing the efuse and of performing other security related functions; blowing, by the security circuitry of the integrated circuit, the efuse when power is applied to the integrated circuit and prior to performing any other security related functions; and setting, by the security circuitry after blowing the efuse, a security state of the integrated circuit in dependence upon a sensed state of the efuse.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert C. Dixon, Kirk E. Morrow, Phil C. F. Paone
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Patent number: 6993470Abstract: The invention presents a method for selecting test cases in a test simulation of logic designs to improve speed and effectiveness of such testing. The method for selecting such test cases after such test cases are generated includes generating a test-coverage file and a harvest-goals file for the test case. The harvest-goals file contains a list of events and initial goal for each event. Harvest criteria is used to determined whether the number of hits for each event meets the initial goal. By applying the harvest criteria to the test case, it is determined whether to harvest the test case. The test case is saved and identified for harvest, if the test case is determined to be harvested. Also, the harvest-goals file is adjusted, if the test case is determined to be harvested.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yoanna Baumgartner, Maureen T. Davis, Joseph D. Gerwels, Kirk E. Morrow
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Publication number: 20030061581Abstract: The invention presents a method for selecting test cases in a test simulation of logic designs to improve speed and effectiveness of such testing. The method for selecting such test cases after such test cases are generated includes generating a test-coverage file and a harvest-goals file for the test case. The harvest-goals file contains a list of events and initial goal for each event. Harvest criteria is used to determined whether the number of hits for each event meets the initial goal. By applying the harvest criteria to the test case, it is determined whether to harvest the test case. The test case is saved and identified for harvest, if the test case is determined to be harvested. Also, the harvest-goals file is adjusted, if the test case is determined to be harvested.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yoanna Baumgartner, Maureen T. Davis, Joseph D. Gerwels, Kirk E. Morrow